ABSTRUSE Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word abstruse. (close relations)
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 |