ARCANA Synonyms

• of an obscure nature

• having a secret or hidden meaning

• having a puzzling terseness

• something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

• a difficult problem

• not clear to the understanding

• resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought

• secrets known only to an initiated minority

• relating to or resembling mysticism

• relating to or characteristic of mysticism

• someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension

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

• supernatural forces and events and beings collectively

• supernatural practices and techniques

• hidden and difficult to see

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

• cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention

• become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished

• hide from view

• a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution

• a game that tests your ingenuity

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide

• a difficult problem

• a coarse sieve (as for gravel)

• pierce with many holes

• set a difficult problem or riddle

• separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

• spread or diffuse through

• speak in riddles

• explain a riddle

• (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon

• an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret

• one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians

• something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

• a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie

• 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

• 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