What is another word for cryptic?
311 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ kɹˈɪptɪk], [ kɹˈɪptɪk], [ k_ɹ_ˈɪ_p_t_ɪ_k]Table of Contents
Similar words for cryptic:- all (adjective)
- ambiguous (adjective)
- complex (adjective)
- dark (adjective)
- enigmatic/enigmatical (adjective)
- esoteric (adjective)
- fine (adjective)
- hidden (adjective)
- incomprehensible (adjective)
- indecipherable (adjective)
- inexplicit (adjective)
- masked (adjective)
- meaningless (adjective)
- mysterious (adjective)
- mystic (adjective)
- mystic/mystical (adjective)
- obscure (adjective)
- obscured (adjective)
- occult (adjective)
- opaque (adjective)
- oracular (adjective)
- problematical (adjective)
- questionable (adjective)
- recondite (adjective)
- secret (adjective)
- secret; obscure in meaning (adjective)
- secretive (adjective)
- terse (adjective)
- ulterior (adjective)
- uncomprehensible (adjective)
- unintelligible (adjective)
- cabalistic (noun)
- concise (noun)
- cryptic (noun)
- enigmatic (noun)
- other synonyms
- occult
Synonyms for Cryptic:
adj.
•all (adjective) •ambiguous (adjective)- most multivocal,
- in definite,
- in determinate,
- most polysemous,
- multi vocal,
- more multivocal,
- in-determinate,
- un-intelligible,
- un intelligible,
- un-clear,
- in conclusive,
- un-clearer,
- in-conclusive,
- un-clearest,
- un clearest,
- un clearer,
- in-definite,
- un clear,
- multi-vocal,
- more polysemous.
- more stickling,
- most stumping,
- most sphinxlike,
- teasing,
- more stumping,
- most stickling,
- in explicable,
- in-explicable,
- most enigmatic,
- more sphinxlike.
- most acroamatic,
- pro-found,
- pro found,
- more orphic,
- most delphic,
- hermetic,
- more acroamatic,
- pro founder,
- pro-founder,
- most orphic,
- more delphic.
- more unpolluted,
- un polluted,
- more hairline,
- un-adulterated,
- most fine-spun,
- most hairline,
- trifling,
- most fine spun,
- more hairsplitting,
- re fined,
- un adulterated,
- most unpolluted,
- most hairsplitting,
- un-polluted,
- fine spun,
- more fine-spun,
- more fine spun.
- most eclipsed,
- in-discernible,
- with-held,
- under-ground,
- un-exposed,
- Imperceivable,
- most imperceivable,
- in-visible,
- un known,
- most shrouded,
- un-known,
- more sequestered,
- more shrouded,
- under cover,
- in dark,
- more unrevealed,
- un detected,
- un exposed,
- out view,
- un revealed,
- most hermetical,
- with held,
- in discernible,
- most sequestered,
- more imperceivable,
- un disclosed,
- un-disclosed,
- un-revealed,
- most unrevealed,
- withheld,
- more hermetical,
- more eclipsed,
- un-detected,
- dis guised,
- under-cover,
- in visible,
- dis-guised.
- ungraspable,
- clear as mud,
- beats me,
- unknowable,
- beyond grasp,
- fathomless,
- incognizable,
- beyond one's grasp,
- over head,
- beyond comprehension,
- uncomprehensible.
- double-talk,
- noisy,
- senseless,
- hogwash,
- nonsensical,
- Driveling,
- absurd,
- double talk,
- unmeaning,
- meaningless,
- gobbledygook,
- blathering,
- jabbering.
- more transcendental,
- un-canniest,
- more astrological,
- un-canny,
- most astrological,
- most necromantic,
- magical,
- most alchemistic,
- more necromantic,
- un canny,
- un-cannier,
- un canniest,
- un cannier,
- un-natural,
- in soluble,
- more alchemistic,
- in-soluble.
- most mysterial,
- super natural,
- more telestic,
- more nonrational,
- more magic,
- most sorcerous,
- meta-physical,
- most nonrational,
- meta physical,
- super-natural,
- non rational,
- non-rational,
- more sorcerous,
- more mysterial,
- most wizardly,
- most telestic,
- more wizardly,
- un accountable,
- para normal,
- un-accountable,
- para-normal.
- most controvertible,
- un settled,
- more unconfirmed,
- hypo-thetical,
- hard believe,
- most unproven,
- unconfirmed,
- most unconfirmed,
- dubitable,
- un-confirmed,
- un confirmed,
- un proven,
- more controvertible,
- hypo thetical,
- pro visional,
- open doubt,
- more unproven,
- un-proven,
- un reliable,
- un-reliable,
- un-settled.
- under false pretense,
- huggermugger,
- in ambush,
- mystic,
- backdoor,
- sub-rosa,
- under wraps,
- backstairs,
- cloak and dagger,
- under-the-table,
- conspiratorial,
- top secret,
- unacknowledged.
- murky,
- strange,
- secretive,
- uninformative,
- apocryphal,
- delphian,
- unclear,
- equivocal,
- veiled,
- unfathomable,
- tenebrous,
- delphic,
- evasive,
- perplexing,
- abstruse,
- occult.
n.
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- ill-defined,
- hollow,
- ambiguity.
Other synonyms:
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- vaguely,
- puzzling,
- elliptical.
Paraphrases for Cryptic:
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Adjective
enigmatic, mysterious.
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Noun, singular or mass
mysterious.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Cryptic:
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adj.
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secret; obscure in meaning
normal, clear, straightforward, definite, known, common, seen, plain, obvious.
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Other antonyms:
exoteric, defined, manifest, determined, firm, intelligible, strong, prolix, direct, bright, visible, legible, tangible, exact, knowable, blatant, explicable, certain, self-explanatory, self-evident, appreciable, sure.
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secret; obscure in meaning
Homophones for Cryptic:
- carpodacus, charybdis, carpet tack, cryptococcosis, cucurbitaceous, cherepovets, cryptotis, cucurbitaceae.