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Synonyms & Antonyms of arcane
- grammatical rules that seem arcane to generations of students who were never taught grammar in the first place
Synonyms for arcane
Words Related to arcane
- academic
- (also academical),
- pedantic
- darkling,
- enigmatic
- (also enigmatical),
- inscrutable,
- mysterious,
- mystic,
- mystical,
- orphic,
- uncanny
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Antonyms for arcane
- the rebate form uses arcane language, the only purpose of which seems to be to disqualify buyers from actually getting a rebate
Synonyms for arcane
- ambiguous,
- cryptic,
- dark,
- deep,
- Delphic,
- double-edged,
- elliptical
- (or elliptic),
- enigmatic
- (also enigmatical),
- equivocal,
- fuliginous,
- inscrutable,
- murky,
- mysterious,
- mystic,
- nebulous,
- obscure,
- occult,
- opaque
Words Related to arcane
- beclouded,
- bedimmed,
- befogged,
- clouded,
- cloudy,
- dim,
- faint,
- foggy,
- fuzzy,
- hazy,
- indistinct,
- indistinguishable,
- misty,
- muddy,
- obfuscatory,
- obnubilated,
- obscurant
- (or obscurantic),
- shaded,
- shadowlike,
- shadowy,
- sphinxlike
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Antonyms for arcane
- my predecessor in this job obviously had his own arcane system for filing things, and so I haven't a clue as to where anything is
Synonyms for arcane
- cryptic,
- deep,
- enigmatic
- (also enigmatical),
- impenetrable,
- inscrutable,
- mysterious,
- mystic,
- occult,
- uncanny
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“Arcane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arcane. Accessed 28 Jun. 2022.
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