Synonyms for recondite
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Abstruse — difficult, obscure. Deliberately employing abstruse or esoteric allusions or references; intentionally obscure
abstruse formal, esoteric, obscure, arcane, hidden, dark, deep, enigmatic, mysterious, mystical, profound, abstract, transcendental, mystic, occult, secret, concealed, remote, cryptic, incomprehensible, obfuscated, covert
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- adj. 1
Difficult, obscure. Deliberately employing abstruse or esoteric allusions or references; intentionally obscure.
The voices of recondite writers quoted at length, forgotten storytellers weaving narratives, obscure scholars savaging one another.
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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
- hidden She has to keep her powers hidden from her family.
- esoteric Kabbalah is an esoteric tradition within Judaism.
- enigmatic She's a strange, enigmatic and inspiring poet.
By length
- 4 letters
- dark1, deep1
- 6 letters
- secret2, hidden2, remote2, mystic2, covert2, occult2, arcane2
- 7 letters
- obscure2, cryptic2
- 8 letters
- abstract2, profound2, retiring3, mystical3, esoteric4, abstruse2
- 9 letters
- concealed2, enigmatic4
- 10 letters
- mysterious4, obfuscated
- 11 letters
- kabbalistic
- 14 letters
- transcendental4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (secret2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- reculé