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Synonyms for arcane

Most common

mystic occult esoteric recondite

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Obscure, mysterious.

Related words

Word family
arcaneness arcanity
Is a kind of
covert exclusive incomprehensible mysterious

Example sentences

  • occult Sami read books on Satanism and the occult.
  • esoteric Kabbalah is an esoteric tradition within Judaism.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
arcanerising
mysticsteady
occultrising
esotericrising
reconditefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
dark1
6 letters
mystic2, occult2
7 letters
obscure2, cryptic2
8 letters
profound2, mystical3, esoteric4, abstruse2
9 letters
concealed2, enigmatic4, recondite3
10 letters
mysterious4
11 letters
clandestine3, kabbalistic

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mystic2 = 2 syllables).