ARCANE Synonyms

• confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle

• hidden on any grounds for any motive

• not accessible to view

• of an obscure nature

• having a secret or hidden meaning

• having a puzzling terseness

• not accessible to view

• designed to elude detection

• difficult to find

• of an obscure nature

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

• relating to or characteristic of mysticism

• relating to or resembling mysticism

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

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