Synonyms for mystical
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Relating to mystics or mysticism.
Related words
- Word family
- mysticalize mysterious mystery mystic mystify
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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
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mystical | rising | |
| magical | rising | |
| mysterious | rising | |
| mystic | steady | |
| occult | rising | |
| fey | rising |
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).