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occult
Synonyms and Antonyms of occult
- the occult ways in which the human mind works
arcane, cryptic, deep, enigmatic (also enigmatical), impenetrable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, uncanny
dark, darkling, fuzzy, murky, obscure, shadowy, vague
imponderable, incomprehensible, unfathomable, unintelligible, unsearchable
inexplicable, unaccountable, unexplainable
metaphysical, mystical, numinous, supernatural
baffling, befuddling, bewildering, confounding, confusing, disorienting, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling
- an occult reference in the text that has puzzled scholars ever since
ambiguous, arcane, cryptic, dark, deep, Delphic, double-edged, elliptical (or elliptic), enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, fuliginous, inscrutable, murky, mysterious, mystic, nebulous, obscure, opaque
cloaked, concealed, disguised, masked, shrouded
beclouded, bedimmed, befogged, clouded, cloudy, dim, faint, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, indistinct, indistinguishable, misty, muddy, obfuscatory, obnubilated, obscurant (or obscurantic), shaded, shadowlike, shadowy, sphinxlike
indefinite, inexact, inexplicit, noncommittal, questionable, unclear, uncertain, undefined, undetermined, vague
impenetrable, incomprehensible, indecipherable, inexplicable
eerie (also eery), uncanny, weird
impalpable, inappreciable, intangible, invisible
baffling, bewildering, confounding, confusing, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling, unfathomable
- Great Britain's Stonehenge is one of those occult places where people expect something of cosmic significance to happen
bewitched, enchanted, spellbound
bewitching, charming, conjuring, enchanting, wiling
amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, extraordinary, fabulous, marvelous (or marvellous), miraculous, portentous, stunning, stupendous, sublime, wondrous
divining, forecasting, foreknowing, foreseeing, foretelling, fortune-telling, predicting, presaging, prognosticating, prophesying, soothsaying
occult
Synonyms and Antonyms of occult
- occulted their house from prying eyes by planting large trees around it
- the actor's private life had long been occulted by a contrived public persona
bury, camouflage, cover (up), smother
gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash
becloud, bedim, befog, block, cloud, darken, eclipse, obstruct, occlude, overcast, overshadow, shade
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