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ABSTRUSE Synonyms

There are 18 synonyms of the word abstruse. (exact relations)
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Best Alternative Words for ABSTRUSE

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recondite
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

esoteric
adjectiveadj
adjective

• confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle

obscure
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not clearly expressed or understood

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• difficult to find

• not famous or acclaimed

• not drawing attention

• remote and separate physically or socially

verb

• make less visible or unclear

• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

• make unintelligible or unclear

• reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

arcane
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

complex
adjectiveadj
adjective

• complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts

noun

• a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts

• a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

• (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior

• a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

adjective satellite

• difficult to analyze or understand

cryptic
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• of an obscure nature

• having a secret or hidden meaning

• having a puzzling terseness

enigmatic
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not clear to the understanding

• resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought

inscrutable
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• of an obscure nature

intricate
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate

mysterious
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• of an obscure nature

• having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

opaque
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight

adjective satellite

• hard or impossible to understand

perplexing
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

puzzling
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not clear to the understanding

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

unfathomable
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured

adjective satellite

• resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable

• incapable of being fully understood

clandestine
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

deep
adjectiveadj
adjective

• relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

• having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination

noun

• the central and most intense or profound part

• a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

• literary term for an ocean

adverb

• to a great depth; far down or in

• to an advanced time

• to a great distance

adjective satellite

• marked by depth of thinking

• very distant in time or space

• intense or extreme

• having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

• strong; intense

• relatively thick from top to bottom

• extending relatively far inward

• (of darkness) densely dark

• large in quantity or size

• with head or back bent low

• of an obscure nature

• difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

• exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy

secret
nounn
noun

• something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)

• information known only to a special group

• something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

adjective satellite

• not open or public; kept private or not revealed

• conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

• not openly made known

• communicated covertly

• not expressed

• designed to elude detection

• hidden from general view or use

• (of information) given in confidence or in secret

• indulging only covertly

• having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

• the next to highest level of official classification for documents

surreptitious
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed

• conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

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