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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Esoteric
//ˌɛs.əˈtɛɹ.ɪk//
Synonyms for "esoteric" (179 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (54)
determinatedifferentdistinctdistinguisheddormanteerieenigmaticespecialexceptionalexpressextramundaneextraordinaryextraterrestrialfeyfinefixedheavyhermetichibernatinghidden
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hush hushhush-hushhypernormalhyperphysicalimmanentimplantedimplicitin pettoinalienableindividualindividualisticindwellinginfixedingrainedinherentinnerinsideinternalintimateintrinsicinwardinwroughtirreduciblekabbalisticlatentlurkingmahatmametaphysicmetaphysicalminutemuffledmysticmysticalnot for publication
Related words (89)
noteworthynuminousobfuscatedobscureobscuredoccultoff the recordotherworldlyparticularpersonalphilosophicalpossiblepotentialprecisepreterhumanpreternaturalpreternormalpretersensualprivateprivileged
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profoundpsychicpsychicalrarefiedresidentrespectiverestrictedsealedsecretsecretiveseveralsingularsleepingsmotheredsolipsisticspecialspecificspiritualstifledsubjectivesubmergedsuperhumansupernaturalsupernormalsuperphysicalsupersensiblesupersensualsuppressedsupramundanesupranaturaltheosophicaltheosophisttop secrettranscendentaltranscendentalisttransmundaneulteriorunalienableunbreatheableunchallengeableunder privilegeunder securityunder the surfaceunder wrapsunderlyingundisclosableundisclosedundivulgableundivulgedunearthlyunhumanunmanifestedunpublishableunquestionableunrevealableunrevealedunspokenuntellableuntoldunutterableunutteredunwhisperableunworldlyveiledvirtualyogi
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
11 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
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Translations
80 translations across 31 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- geheimsinnig adj (understood only by a chosen few)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐσωτερικός adj (understood only by a chosen few)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вътрешен adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- езотеричен adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- поверителен adj (confidential; private)
- таен adj (confidential; private)
Catalan
3 entries- esotèric adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- esotèric adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
- esotèric adj (confidential; private)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 深晦 adj (understood only by a chosen few)
Czech
3 entries- akademický adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
- esoterický adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- tajný adj (confidential; private)
Danish
1 entries- esoterisk adj (understood only by a chosen few)
Dutch
4 entries- cerebraal adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
- esoterisch adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- esoterisch adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
- exclusief adj (confidential; private)
Finnish
4 entries- esoteerinen adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- esoteerinen adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
- luottamuksellinen adj (confidential; private)
- yksityinen adj (confidential; private)
French
2 entries- cérébral adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
- ésotérique adj (understood only by a chosen few)
Friulian
1 entries- esoteric adj (understood only by a chosen few)
German
3 entries- esoterisch adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- esoterisch adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
- geheim adj (confidential; private)
Greek
4 entries- απόκρυφος adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
- εσωτερικός adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- εσωτερικός adj (confidential; private)
- μυστικός adj (confidential; private)
Hungarian
1 entries- ezoterikus adj (understood only by a chosen few)
Icelandic
1 entries- heimullegur adj (understood only by a chosen few)
Italian
1 entries- esoterico adj (understood only by a chosen few)
Japanese
4 entries- 奥義の adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- 深遠 adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
- 秘儀の adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- 秘密の adj (confidential; private)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ezoterinis adj (understood only by a chosen few)
Macedonian
2 entries- езотеричен adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- езотеричен adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
Māori
1 entries- puri adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
Norwegian
2 entries- esoterisk adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- esoterisk adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
Occitan
1 entries- esoteric adj (understood only by a chosen few)
Persian
2 entries- خواصفهم adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- غامض adj (understood only by a chosen few)
Polish
4 entries- ezoteryczny adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- ezoteryczny adj (confidential; private)
- niezrozumiały adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
- skryty adj (confidential; private)
Portuguese
4 entries- confidencial adj (confidential; private)
- esotérico adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- esotérico adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
- secreto adj (confidential; private)
Romanian
1 entries- ezoteric adj (understood only by a chosen few)
Russian
4 entries- скры́тый adj (confidential; private)
- та́йный adj (confidential; private)
- эзотери́ческий adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- эзотери́ческий adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ezotèričan adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- ezotèričan adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
- ezotèričan adj (confidential; private)
- езотѐричан adj (understood only by a chosen few)
Spanish
1 entries- esotérico adj (understood only by a chosen few)
Swedish
1 entries- esoterisk adj (understood only by a chosen few)
Turkish
4 entries- bâtıni adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- ezoterik adj (understood only by a chosen few)
- ezoterik adj (having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical)
- ezoterik adj (confidential; private)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
It's an esoteric debate.
Source: tatoeba (826259)
Aliens have telepathically revealed to me the esoteric meaning of each word of this cereal box.
Source: tatoeba (9762567)
The Druze follow an esoteric religion.
Source: tatoeba (9762819)
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