ESOTERIC Synonyms

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

• inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information

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

• secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed

• a flock of coots

• a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

• (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband

• of an obscure nature

• having a secret or hidden meaning

• having a puzzling terseness

• not clear to the understanding

• resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought

• not accessible to view

• designed to elude detection

• difficult to find

• of an obscure nature

• 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

• 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

• not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

• recurring only at long intervals

• not widely distributed

• having low density

• marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind

• (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside

• being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

• relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world

• not known before

• not usual or common or ordinary

• being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

• not commonly encountered

• involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

• of or relating to the cerebrum or brain