Recondite synonyms

rĕk'ən-dīt', rĭ-kŏn'dīt'

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ambiguous
Having two or more possible meanings
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arcane
Understood by only a few; obscure; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
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concealed
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cryptic
Having hidden meaning; mystifying.
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dark
Lacking or having very little light:
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difficult
Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
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esoteric
Beyond the understanding or knowledge of most people; abstruse
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mysterious
Of, relating to, or being a religious mystery:
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mystic
Filling one with wonder or awe
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obscure
Deficient in light; dark:
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occult
Hidden; concealed
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profound
Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.
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familiar (antonym)
Acquainted.
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simple (antonym)
Easy to understand, do, or carry out:
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straightforward (antonym)
The definition of straightforward is honest, direct and to the point.
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plain (antonym)
Obvious.
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obvious (antonym)
(Obs.) Being in the way
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abstruse
The definition of abstruse is something that is nearly impossible to understand or figure out.
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heavy
Hard to do or accomplish; arduous:
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easy (related)
Free from worry, anxiety, trouble, or pain:
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surface (related)
Intended to function or be carried on land or sea, rather than in the air or under water
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Recondite Sentence Examples

  • The idea of tracing the sun's path among the stars was, when it occurred to Chaldaean astronomers, an original and, relatively to their means, a recondite one.

  • A more recondite work is his Compendium of Spherical Astronomy (1906).

  • Like all casuists, he took for granted that morality was a recondite science, beyond the reach of all but the learned.

  • From a linguistic point of view, these treatises with their appendages, the more mystic and recondite Aranyakas and the speculative Upanishads, have to be considered as forming the connecting link between the Vedic and the classical Sanskrit.

  • (t) The words of several verses in the Hebrew Scriptures which are regarded as containing a recondite sense are placed over each other, and the letters are formed into new words by reading them vertically.

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