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Synonyms for mystical

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mystic mysterious occult magical

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Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Relating to mystics or mysticism.

Related words

Word family
mysticalize mysterious mystery mystic mystify

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Mystical, Mystic, Hidden or Recondite?

That is mystic or mystical which has associated with it some hidden or recondite meaning, especially of a religious kind; as, the mystic Babylon of the Apocalypse.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • magical Ivan told Rima that Walid was a magical therapist.
  • mysterious A mysterious spaceship was flying away from Earth.
  • occult Sami read books on Satanism and the occult.

Popularity over time

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mysticalrising
magicalrising
mysteriousrising
mysticsteady
occultrising
feyrising

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

By length

3 letters
fey1
4 letters
dark1
6 letters
secret2, hidden2, mystic2, occult2, latent2, arcane2
7 letters
magical3, obscure2, cryptic2
8 letters
profound2, esoteric4, ethereal4, witching2, abstruse2, numinous
9 letters
enigmatic4, sorcerous, recondite3
10 letters
mysterious4
11 letters
kabbalistic
12 letters
sortilegious, thaumaturgic

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (secret2 = 2 syllables).