Synonyms for Esoteric

Synonyms for "esoteric" (188 found)

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Closest matches (38)

absolute abstract abstruse adept anagogic arcane auricularbetween the linesbetween uscabalic cabalistic censored certain classified close closed concealed concrete confidential covert

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cryptic dark deepdeep seateddeep-seated defined definite delitescent detailed determinate different distinct distinguished dormant

Adjective(4 words)

abstract exercisesabstruse arcanecultural obscurity

Strong matches (56)

eerie enigmatic especial exceptional express extramundane extraordinary extraterrestrial fey fine fixed heavy hermetic hibernating hiddenhush hushhush-hush hypernormal hyperphysical immanent

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Adjective(2 words)

gnostic mystical

Noun(1 words)

ismailian

Related words (94)

occultoff the recordotherworldly particular personal philosophical possible potential precise preterhuman preternatural preternormal pretersensual private privileged profound psychic psychical rarefied recondite

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Adjective(10 words)

occult orphic qabalistic rarefied rarifiedrecherchéreconditeuncommon organismunintelligible wonkier

Noun(3 words)

rarefying rosicrucian sufi

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

2 entries

hidden knowledgespecialized knowledge

More specific

5 entries

arcane topicskabbalistic conceptsmysticismoccult knowledgeoccultism

Collocations

6 entries

esoteric doctrineesoteric knowledgeesoteric languageesoteric ritualesoteric symbolismesoteric tradition

Inflections

2 entries

more esotericmost esoteric

Derivations

5 entries

esoterical esoterically esotericism esotericize esoterist

Antonyms

1 entries

exoteric

similar

17 entries

abstruse arcane cabalistic cryptic cryptical deep kabbalistic mysterious mystic mystical occult orphic private qabalistic recondite secret

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Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Belinda tried strict diets, grueling exercise routines, and some sort of esoteric New Age detox, all amounting to nothing--she had curves, and that was that.

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It's an esoteric debate.

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Aliens have telepathically revealed to me the esoteric meaning of each word of this cereal box.

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The Druze follow an esoteric religion.

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