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esoteric

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of esoteric

1 difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand

  • metaphysics is such an esoteric subject that most people are content to leave it to the philosophers
Synonyms of esoteric

abstruse, arcane, deep, hermetic (also hermetical), profound, recondite
Words Related to esoteric

erudite, learned, scholarly

academic (also academical), pedantic

complex, complicated, hard

darkling, enigmatic (also enigmatical), inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, mystical, orphic, uncanny

impenetrable, incomprehensible, unfathomable, unintelligible

ambiguous, cryptic

unanswerable, unknowable

baffling, bewildering, confounding, confusing, disorienting, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling
Near Antonyms of esoteric

easy, facile, simple, straightforward

comprehensible, fathomable, intelligible, understandable

apparent, clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, lucid, manifest, obvious, perspicuous, plain, transparent
Antonyms of esoteric

shallow, superficial

2 not known or meant to be known by the general populace

  • must have had some esoteric motive for leaving his art collection to a museum halfway around the globe
Synonyms of esoteric

behind-the-scenes, confidential, hush-hush, hushed, inside, intimate, nonpublic, private, privy, secret
Words Related to esoteric

classified, restricted, top secret

silent, unadvertised, unannounced, undisclosed, unmentioned, unsaid, untold

clandestine, closet, collusive, conspiratorial, covert

furtive, hugger-mugger, occult, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded

personal

closeted, concealed, hidden

repressed, silenced, stifled, suppressed

backstage, offscreen, offstage
Near Antonyms of esoteric

well-known

advertised, aired, announced, blazed, broadcast, declared, disclosed, divulged, enunciated, heralded, proclaimed, professed, promulgated, publicized, published, reported, spotlighted

general, popular, prevailing, vulgar

current, prevalent, rife, widespread

communal, shared
Antonyms of esoteric

common, open, public

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