Synonyms for exoteric
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Intelligible — capable of being fully or readily comprehended by the public; accessible; also, having an obvious application
intelligible, comprehensible, straight-forward, ordinary, simple, understandable, commonplace, fathomable
2. Prevailing — having wide currency; popular, prevalent
Other
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Capable of being fully or readily comprehended by the public; accessible; also, having an obvious application.
- adj. 2
Having wide currency; popular, prevalent.
- n. 1
A person who is not part of an enlightened inner circle, and not privy to esoteric knowledge.
Related words
- Other spellings
- exoterical
Forms
- Plural
- exoterics → outsiders, noninitiates, uninitiates…
Example sentences
- ordinary Leonid is just an ordinary man without experience.
- intelligible Shawi and Kabyle are mostly mutually intelligible.
- comprehensible The universe is not obliged to be comprehensible to us.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| exoteric | rising | |
| ordinary | falling | |
| intelligible | steady | |
| comprehensible | steady | |
| uninitiated | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- common2, simple2
- 8 letters
- ordinary4, outsider3
- 10 letters
- prevailing3, fathomable4, uninitiate
- 11 letters
- commonplace3, uninitiated6, noninitiate
- 12 letters
- intelligible5
- 14 letters
- understandable5, comprehensible5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (common2 = 2 syllables).