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Synonyms & Antonyms of arcane
1
difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand
- grammatical rules that seem arcane to generations of students who were never taught grammar in the first place
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Words Related to arcane
- academic
- (also academical),
- pedantic
- darkling,
- enigmatic
- (also enigmatical),
- inscrutable,
- mysterious,
- mystic,
- mystical,
- orphic,
- uncanny
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2
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning
- 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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3
being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain
- 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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The first known use of arcane was in 1547
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