esoteric
Meaning of esoteric
- intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.
esoteric philosophical debates
mid 17th century: from Greek esōterikos, from esōterō, comparative of esō ‘within’, from es, eis ‘into’. Compare with exoteric.
Information about esoteric
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of esoteric is: esoterics.
- Languages in which esoteric is used:
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Hyphenation of esoteric
es-o-teric
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- esoteric is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
esoteric synonyms
Meaning difficult to understand; obscure:
Meaning not clearly expressed or easily understood:
Meaning understood by few; mysterious or secret:
Meaning distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people; esoteric:
Meaning (of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse:
Meaning existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence:
Meaning needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand:
Meaning solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced:
Meaning causing one to be puzzled; perplexing:
Meaning completely baffling; very puzzling:
Meaning difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious:
Meaning impossible to understand or interpret:
Meaning having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure:
Meaning relating to the ancient Greek oracle at Delphi:
Meaning consisting of many different and connected parts:
Meaning consisting of many interconnecting parts or elements; intricate:
Meaning difficult to understand; complicated:
Meaning not able to be understood; not intelligible:
Meaning (especially of language) hard or impossible to understand:
Meaning incapable of being fully explored or understood:
Meaning impossible to pass through or enter:
Meaning difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify:
Meaning involving or relating to mystical, supernatural, or magical powers, practices, or phenomena:
Meaning kept out of sight; concealed:
Meaning not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others:
Meaning belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only:
Meaning another term for mystical:
Meaning relating to, using, or resembling magic:
Meaning relating to or associated with mystical interpretation or esoteric doctrine:
Meaning complicated or abstruse:
esoteric antonyms
Meaning easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty:
Meaning well known from long or close association:
Translation of esoteric
- French: ésotérique
- German: esoterisch
- Spanish: esotérico, esotérica
- Italian: esoterico, esoterica, esoterici, esoteriche
Anagrams of esoteric
Words that rhyme with esoteric
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