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.

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