Synonyms for occult
- adjective
- verb
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Adjective
1. Mystical — secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected
mystical, mystic, mysterious, esoteric, dark, secret, kabbalistic, arcane, latent, obscure, hidden, recondite, enigmatic, unknown, abstruse formal, invisible, cryptic, unrevealed, deep, shrouded, profound, veiled
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Verb
Definitions
- adj. 1
Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
occult blood loss; occult cancer
- v. 1
To cover or hide from view.
The Earth occults the Moon during a lunar eclipse.
Related words
- Word family
- occultly occultness
Forms
- Past participle
- occulted
e.g. occulted → eclipsed, hided, slurred, stifled…
Example sentences
- mysterious A mysterious spaceship was flying away from Earth.
- mystical Swamps are no fun to tread in, but they can be mystical.
- esoteric Kabbalah is an esoteric tradition within Judaism.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| occult | rising | |
| mysterious | rising | |
| mystic | steady | |
| mystical | rising | |
| esoteric | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- dark1, deep1, hide1, slur1
- 6 letters
- secret2, hidden2, mystic2, latent2, veiled1, arcane2, stifle2
- 7 letters
- unknown2, obscure2, eclipse2, cryptic2
- 8 letters
- profound2, mystical3, esoteric4, shrouded2, eclipsed2, abstruse2
- 9 letters
- invisible4, enigmatic4, recondite3
- 10 letters
- mysterious4, unrevealed
- 11 letters
- kabbalistic
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (secret2 = 2 syllables).