Synonyms for Cryptic:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • cryptic,
  • inscrutable,
  • deep,
  • mystifying,
  • cryptical.
  •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.
  •complex (adjective)
  • knotted,
  • meandering,
  • involved,
  • mazy,
  • round-about,
  • tangled,
  • paradoxical,
  • inter-woven.
  •dark (adjective)
  • most delphian,
  • more delphian,
  • not known.
  •enigmatic/enigmatical (adjective)
  • more stickling,
  • most stumping,
  • most sphinxlike,
  • teasing,
  • more stumping,
  • most stickling,
  • in explicable,
  • in-explicable,
  • most enigmatic,
  • more sphinxlike.
  •esoteric (adjective)
  • most acroamatic,
  • pro-found,
  • pro found,
  • more orphic,
  • most delphic,
  • hermetic,
  • more acroamatic,
  • pro founder,
  • pro-founder,
  • most orphic,
  • more delphic.
  •fine (adjective)
  • 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.
  •hidden (adjective)
  • 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.
  •incomprehensible (adjective)
  • ungraspable,
  • clear as mud,
  • beats me,
  • unknowable,
  • beyond grasp,
  • fathomless,
  • incognizable,
  • beyond one's grasp,
  • over head,
  • beyond comprehension,
  • uncomprehensible.
  •indecipherable (adjective)
  • in-decipherable,
  • in decipherable.
  •inexplicit (adjective)
  • in-explicit,
  • in explicit.
  •masked (adjective)
  • most larvate,
  • more larvate,
  • masked.
  •meaningless (adjective)
  • double-talk,
  • noisy,
  • senseless,
  • hogwash,
  • nonsensical,
  • Driveling,
  • absurd,
  • double talk,
  • unmeaning,
  • meaningless,
  • gobbledygook,
  • blathering,
  • jabbering.
  •mysterious (adjective)
  • 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.
  •mystic (adjective)
  • most witchlike,
  • more witchlike,
  • witchlike.
  •mystic/mystical (adjective)
  • 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.
  •obscure (adjective)
  • seldom seen,
  • unnoted,
  • far off,
  • unheard of,
  • unhonored,
  • irrelevant,
  • unheard-of.
  •obscured (adjective)
  • most cover,
  • more cover.
  •occult (adjective)
  • mystical.
  •opaque (adjective)
  • Amphibological,
  • Nubilous,
  • opaque,
  • Imperceptive.
  •oracular (adjective)
  • Predicting,
  • portentous.
  •problematical (adjective)
  • at issue,
  • un sure,
  • in doubt,
  • un-sure,
  • in question.
  •questionable (adjective)
  • 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.
  •recondite (adjective)
  • little known,
  • little-known.
  •secret (adjective)
  • under false pretense,
  • huggermugger,
  • in ambush,
  • mystic,
  • backdoor,
  • sub-rosa,
  • under wraps,
  • backstairs,
  • cloak and dagger,
  • under-the-table,
  • conspiratorial,
  • top secret,
  • unacknowledged.
  •secret; obscure in meaning (adjective)
  • murky,
  • strange,
  • secretive,
  • uninformative,
  • apocryphal,
  • delphian,
  • unclear,
  • equivocal,
  • veiled,
  • unfathomable,
  • tenebrous,
  • delphic,
  • evasive,
  • perplexing,
  • abstruse,
  • occult.
  •secretive (adjective)
  • in private,
  • in the background,
  • clammed up,
  • buttoned up,
  • in chambers,
  • unforthcoming,
  • in privacy.
  •terse (adjective)
  • cut the bone,
  • boiled down,
  • most gnomic,
  • epigrammatic,
  • to point,
  • most breviloquent,
  • most clipped,
  • more clipped,
  • cut bone,
  • ex-act,
  • more compendiary,
  • most compendiary,
  • in nutshell,
  • short sweet,
  • ex act,
  • more gnomic,
  • clearcut,
  • more breviloquent,
  • taut.
  •ulterior (adjective)
  • Undivulged,
  • Obscured,
  • implied.
  •uncomprehensible (adjective)
  • un-comprehensible,
  • un comprehensible.
  •unintelligible (adjective)
  • confusing,
  • unreadable,
  • baffling,
  • illegible.

• n.

  •
  • ill-defined,
  • hollow,
  • ambiguity.
  •
  • knowledge,
  • explain.
  •cabalistic (noun)
  • cabalistic.
  •concise (noun)
  • concise.
  •cryptic (noun)
  • sibylline,
  • inexplicable.
  •enigmatic (noun)
  • study at obscure.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • null,
  • wooly,
  • Two-edged,
  • arcane,
  • nonsense,
  • vague.
  •
  • vaguely,
  • puzzling,
  • elliptical.
  •occult
  • magic.

Paraphrases for Cryptic:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    encrypted, obscure.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    enigmatic, mysterious.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    mysterious.

Antonyms for Cryptic:

• adj.

  • secret; obscure in meaning
    normal, clear, straightforward, definite, known, common, seen, plain, obvious.
  • 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.

Homophones for Cryptic:

• carpodacus, charybdis, carpet tack, cryptococcosis, cucurbitaceous, cherepovets, cryptotis, cucurbitaceae.