Mysterious synonyms
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Part of speech:
Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; not native:
The definition of mystical is having a spiritual or mysterious reality.
That cannot be easily understood; completely obscure or mysterious; unfathomable; enigmatic
Not explicable; that cannot be explained, understood, or accounted for
Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
The definition of insoluble is something that cannot be solved or dissolved.
secret (related)
Operating in a hidden or confidential manner:
(Variant) Enigmatical.
shrouded in mystery
Puzzling
Not accountable; not responsible
Puzzling
supernormal
Above normal
difficult (related)
Not easy to persuade or convince; stubborn.
Lacking or having very little light:
extraphysical
Not governed by physical laws
Impossible to fathom or understand; incomprehensible
public (antonym)
The definition of public is something that is related to, available to or known by people.
Covered with a veil:
astrological
Of, or relating to astrology
Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.
Of or relating to a numen; supernatural.
The definition of cryptic is defined as something with unclear or hidden meaning, or a secret.
Like an oracle; wise, prophetic, mysterious, etc.
Deficient in light; dark:
alchemistic
Of or pertaining to alchemists.
paradoxicality
The quality of being paradoxical.
straightforward (antonym)
Not ambiguous or obscure; clear
known (antonym)
Within one's knowledge, understanding, etc.; familiar
Capable of casting a charm or spell; entrancing.
unnatural (related)
Contrary to, or at variance with, nature; abnormal; strange
magic (related)
The definition of magic is producing mysterious or extraordinary results.
(Freemasonry, of a person or lodge) Not recognized as a regular member.
Difficult to understand; known only by experts.
runic
Of, pertaining to, or set down in runes
Prophetic; oracular.
Of or relating to the stratosphere
Existing or occurring outside the normal experience or knowledge of man; not explainable by the known forces or laws of nature; specif., of, involving, or attributed to God or a god
Serving as a symbol:
Alternative form of tenebrous.
(Psychology, psychoanalysis, Freud) Simultaneously familiar and foreign, often uncomfortably so; translation of Freud's German unheimlich ("no longer secret").
Extraordinary.
Of or relating to Kabballah.
Not concerned with material or worldly things:
Enchanting; bewitching:
Open to more than one interpretation:
Striking or interesting in an unusual way; irregularly or quaintly attractive:
To disorientate someone.
Understood by only a few; obscure; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
Difficult to understand; recondite:
That cannot be explained; inexplicable
Not explored or understood.
Not known; unidentified; not well known.
cabalism
Any occult doctrine
A little, round wafer enclosing a bad-tasting medicine
plain (antonym)
Sheer; utter; unqualified:
obvious (antonym)
The definition of obvious is something that is readily apparent or easy to see.
apparent (antonym)
Readily understood or perceived; evident; obvious
tangible (antonym)
Tangible means something that can be understood.
explain (related)
Difficult to explain or understand
necromantic
Of or referring to necromancy: the resurrection of or communication with the dead, especially through the use of black magic.
Impossible to know, especially being beyond the range of human experience or understanding:
Not to be uttered; taboo:
Pertaining to an enigma.
Full of glamour; fascinating; alluring
Pertaining to alchemy or occult practices; magical, alchemical.
The definition of incomprehensible is something that cannot be explained or cannot be understood.
arcanum
Specialized knowledge or details unknown to or misunderstood by the average person:
Something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
A ring of light that seems to encircle the sun, moon, or other luminous body: it results from the refraction of light through ice crystals in our atmosphere
incomprehensibility
The condition of being incomprehensible.
mystagogy
The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries.
mysteriousness
The quality of being mysterious.
An aura of heightened interest, meaning or mystery surrounding a person or thing.
(Myth.) A bright cloud surrounding gods or goddesses appearing on earth
oracularity
Oracular speech or behaviour.
Something that perplexes:
unmysterious (antonym)
Not mysterious.
knowledge (related)
Difficult to explain or understand
Immersed, submerged (in).
Eager to learn or know
Synonym Study
- Mystic al or mystic applies to that which is beyond ordinary human understanding or perception in connection with religious rites or spiritual experience
- What is inscrutable is completely mysterious and altogether incapable of being searched out, interpreted, or understood the inscrutable ways of God
- Mysterious is applied to that which excites curiosity, wonder, etc. but is impossible or difficult to explain or solve a mysterious murder
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