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Pronunciation:
[ əkˈʌlt], [ əkˈʌlt], [ ə_k_ˈʌ_l_t]
The word "occult" is often used to describe mysterious or mystical practices that are shrouded in secrecy. Synonyms for "occult" include esoteric, mystical, spiritual, paranormal, supernatural, and metaphysical. These terms all suggest something that is hidden or beyond the realm of normal experience. "Esoteric" and "mystical" both imply a deeper, more hidden knowledge or understanding, while "spiritual" suggests a connection to the divine. "Paranormal" and "supernatural" both suggest phenomena that cannot be explained by science or reason. "Metaphysical" refers to the study of the fundamental nature of reality and can encompass a wide range of spiritual or mystical beliefs and practices.
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Similar words for occult:
- dark (adjective)
- deep (adjective)
- invisible (adjective)
- mantic (adjective)
- obscure (adjective)
- recondite (adjective)
- secret (adjective)
- unseen (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- arcane (adjective)
- cryptic (adjective)
- elusive (adjective)
- enigmatic/enigmatical (adjective)
- esoteric (adjective)
- hidden (adjective)
- implied (adjective)
- magic/magical (adjective)
- mysterious (adjective)
- mystic/mystical (adjective)
- new age (adjective)
- oracular (adjective)
- profound (adjective)
- prophetic (adjective)
- psychic (adjective)
- questionable (adjective)
- supernatural (adjective)
- superphysical (adjective)
- supersensible (adjective)
- weird (adjective)
- secret (noun)
- witchcraft (noun)
- bury (verb)
- stash (verb)
Synonyms for Occult:
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adj.
• dark • deep • invisible- Perdu ,
- not in sight ,
- ungraspable ,
- unperceivable ,
- unseeable ,
- unviewable ,
- wraithlike ,
- unapparent ,
- unnoticeable .
- clear as mud ,
- farout ,
- in conceivable ,
- in credible ,
- in decisive ,
- in definite ,
- in determinate ,
- in distinct ,
- in-conceivable ,
- in-credible ,
- in-decisive ,
- in-definite ,
- in-distinct ,
- un believable ,
- un defined ,
- un-believable ,
- un-defined .
- in comprehensible ,
- in explicable ,
- in-comprehensible ,
- in-explicable ,
- more delphian ,
- more delphic ,
- more uninformative ,
- most delphian ,
- most delphic ,
- most uninformative ,
- un clear ,
- un clearer ,
- un clearest ,
- un fathomable ,
- un informative ,
- un-clear ,
- un-clearer ,
- un-clearest ,
- un-fathomable ,
- un-informative .
- difficult catch ,
- evanescent ,
- fugacious ,
- in definable ,
- in substantial ,
- in tangible ,
- in-definable ,
- in-substantial ,
- in-tangible ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more elusory ,
- more phantom ,
- more stonewalling ,
- more unspecific ,
- most elusory ,
- most illusory ,
- most phantom ,
- most stonewalling ,
- most unspecific ,
- un specific ,
- un-specific .
- in decipherable ,
- in scrutable ,
- in-decipherable ,
- in-scrutable ,
- more sphinxlike ,
- more stickling ,
- more stumping ,
- most enigmatic ,
- most sphinxlike ,
- most stickling ,
- most stumping ,
- teasing ,
- un intelligible ,
- un-intelligible .
- Imperceivable ,
- dis guised ,
- dis-guised ,
- in dark ,
- in discernible ,
- in-discernible ,
- more eclipsed ,
- more hermetical ,
- more imperceivable ,
- more sequestered ,
- more shrouded ,
- more unrevealed ,
- most eclipsed ,
- most hermetical ,
- most imperceivable ,
- most sequestered ,
- most shrouded ,
- most unrevealed ,
- out view ,
- un detected ,
- un disclosed ,
- un exposed ,
- un known ,
- un revealed ,
- un-detected ,
- un-disclosed ,
- un-exposed ,
- un-known ,
- un-revealed ,
- under-cover ,
- under-ground ,
- with held ,
- with-held ,
- withheld .
- fore shadowed ,
- fore-shadowed ,
- foreshadowed ,
- in direct ,
- in sinuated ,
- in tended ,
- in-direct ,
- in-sinuated ,
- in-tended ,
- more adumbrated ,
- more connoted ,
- more figured ,
- more foreshadowed ,
- more insinuated ,
- more meant ,
- more significative ,
- more signified ,
- more symbolized ,
- more wordless ,
- most adumbrated ,
- most connoted ,
- most figured ,
- most foreshadowed ,
- most insinuated ,
- most meant ,
- most significative ,
- most signified ,
- most symbolized ,
- most wordless ,
- un declared ,
- un expressed ,
- un said ,
- un spoken ,
- un uttered ,
- un-declared ,
- un-expressed ,
- un-said ,
- un-spoken ,
- un-uttered ,
- under stood ,
- under-stood .
- Tranced ,
- be witched ,
- be-witched ,
- extra-ordinary ,
- more conjuring ,
- more demoniac ,
- more ensorcelled ,
- more entranced ,
- more magic ,
- more necromantic ,
- more parapsychological ,
- more runic ,
- more sorcerous ,
- more spellbinding ,
- more spiritualistic ,
- more telekinetic ,
- more tranced ,
- more witching ,
- more witchlike ,
- more wizardly ,
- most conjuring ,
- most demoniac ,
- most ensorcelled ,
- most entranced ,
- most necromantic ,
- most parapsychological ,
- most runic ,
- most sorcerous ,
- most spellbinding ,
- most spiritualistic ,
- most telekinetic ,
- most tranced ,
- most witching ,
- most witchlike ,
- most wizardly ,
- para psychological ,
- para-psychological ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un usual ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-canny ,
- un-usual .
- in soluble ,
- in-soluble ,
- more alchemistic ,
- more astrological ,
- more transcendental ,
- most alchemistic ,
- most astrological ,
- un-natural .
- meta physical ,
- meta-physical ,
- more mysterial ,
- more nonrational ,
- more telestic ,
- most mysterial ,
- most nonrational ,
- most telestic ,
- non rational ,
- non-rational .
- age aquarius ,
- more supernaturalist ,
- most supernaturalist ,
- super naturalist ,
- super-naturalist ,
- supernaturalist .
- Pythonic ,
- fore shadowing ,
- fore-shadowing ,
- foreshadowing ,
- more foreshadowing ,
- more prophetical ,
- most foreshadowing ,
- most prophetical ,
- prophetical .
- more intellective ,
- more psychal ,
- more psychogenic ,
- more sensile ,
- more supersensitive ,
- more supersensory ,
- more supersensual ,
- more telepathic ,
- more transmundane ,
- most intellective ,
- most psychal ,
- most psychogenic ,
- most sensile ,
- most supersensitive ,
- most supersensory ,
- most supersensual ,
- most telepathic ,
- most transmundane ,
- psycho logical ,
- psycho-logical ,
- super sensitive ,
- super sensory ,
- super sensual ,
- super-sensitive ,
- super-sensory ,
- super-sensual ,
- trans mundane ,
- trans-mundane ,
- un worldlier ,
- un worldly ,
- un-worldliest ,
- un-worldly .
- dubitable ,
- hard believe ,
- hypo thetical ,
- hypo-thetical ,
- more controvertible ,
- more paradoxical ,
- more unconfirmed ,
- more unproven ,
- most controvertible ,
- most paradoxical ,
- most unconfirmed ,
- most unproven ,
- open doubt ,
- pro visional ,
- un confirmed ,
- un proven ,
- un reliable ,
- un settled ,
- un-confirmed ,
- un-proven ,
- un-reliable ,
- un-settled ,
- unconfirmed .
- fairier ,
- fairiest ,
- more supermundane ,
- more superordinary ,
- more supranatural ,
- most supermundane ,
- most superordinary ,
- most supranatural ,
- super human ,
- super mundane ,
- super natural ,
- super ordinary ,
- super-human ,
- super-mundane ,
- super-natural ,
- super-ordinary ,
- supra natural ,
- supra-natural .
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n.
• secret • witchcraft -
v.
• bury • stash- blots out ,
- dis guise ,
- dis guises ,
- dis guising ,
- dis-guise ,
- dis-guises ,
- dis-guising ,
- go in to hiding ,
- goes in to hiding ,
- goes into hiding ,
- goes underground ,
- going in to hiding ,
- going into hiding ,
- going underground ,
- keeping from ,
- keeping secret ,
- keeps from ,
- keeps secret ,
- kept from ,
- lied low ,
- lies low ,
- not give awayed ,
- not give awaying ,
- not give aways ,
- not telling ,
- not tells ,
- put out of way ,
- put out the way ,
- put out way ,
- puts out of the way ,
- puts out of way ,
- puts out the way ,
- puts out way ,
- putting out of the way ,
- putting out of way ,
- putting out the way ,
- putting out way ,
- re serve ,
- re served ,
- re serving ,
- re-serve ,
- re-served ,
- re-serves ,
- re-serving ,
- takes cover ,
- took cover ,
- tucking away ,
- tucks away ,
- went in to hiding ,
- went into hiding ,
- went underground ,
- with hold ,
- with holding ,
- with holds ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holds .
Other synonyms:
- arcane ,
- questionable ,
- stash .
Other relevant words:
- Occulted ,
- Occulting ,
- Secreted ,
- bury ,
- cover up ,
- covered up ,
- covering up ,
- covers up ,
- ensconce ,
- enshrouded ,
- occults ,
- shrouding ,
- stow away .
- Acroamatic ,
- Acroamatical ,
- Arcana ,
- Asomatous ,
- Beclouded ,
- Cabalism ,
- Cabalistical ,
- Delitescent ,
- Demonology ,
- Demonomy ,
- Demonship ,
- Diablerie ,
- Discarnate ,
- Eclipsed ,
- Encloud ,
- Extramundane ,
- Feticism ,
- Hid ,
- Hyperphysical ,
- Immaterialness ,
- Imponderability ,
- Incorporeity ,
- Inextension ,
- Metaphysic ,
- Metempirical ,
- Mysteriousness ,
- Namelessly ,
- Obduce ,
- Obfuscated ,
- Obnubilate ,
- Obscured ,
- Obumbrate ,
- Occultism ,
- Occultness ,
- Preterhuman ,
- Preternaturalism ,
- Privity ,
- Psychical Research ,
- Psychics ,
- Psychism ,
- Shrouded ,
- Spirituousness ,
- Supermundane ,
- Supernaturality ,
- Superphysical ,
- Supersensible ,
- Supersensual ,
- Supramundane ,
- Supranaturalism ,
- Thaumaturgic ,
- Thaumaturgical ,
- Thaumaturgy ,
- Theurgic ,
- Theurgical ,
- Ultramundane ,
- Undivulged ,
- Unfleshly ,
- Vampirism ,
- Vaticinal ,
- abeyant ,
- abnormal ,
- abstract ,
- abstruse ,
- airy ,
- alchemic ,
- allegorical ,
- ambiguous ,
- anagoge ,
- anagogic ,
- anagogical ,
- animal magnetism ,
- anonymously ,
- apply ,
- apply to ,
- arcanum ,
- astral ,
- auricular ,
- backstairs ,
- baffling ,
- becloud ,
- bedarken ,
- bedevilment ,
- bedim ,
- befog ,
- begloom ,
- between the lines ,
- bewitchery ,
- beyond comprehension ,
- black ,
- black art ,
- black arts ,
- black magic ,
- black out ,
- blacken ,
- blanket ,
- blind ,
- block ,
- blot out ,
- bodiless ,
- bodilessness ,
- brown ,
- buried ,
- burst ,
- cabala ,
- cabalistic ,
- cabbala ,
- cabbalism ,
- cabbalistic ,
- cache ,
- camouflage ,
- canopy ,
- cast a shadow ,
- causal agency ,
- causal agent ,
- censored ,
- charm ,
- clairvoyance ,
- clandestine ,
- clandestinely ,
- classified ,
- classified information ,
- cloak ,
- close ,
- closed ,
- clothe ,
- cloud ,
- cloud over ,
- clouded ,
- complex ,
- concealed ,
- concealment ,
- confidence ,
- confidential ,
- confidential communication ,
- confidentially ,
- confused ,
- conjuration ,
- conundrum ,
- cope ,
- cover ,
- covered ,
- covert ,
- covertly ,
- cowl ,
- crabbed ,
- cryptic ,
- cryptical ,
- curtain ,
- dark ,
- darken ,
- darkly ,
- deep ,
- delphic ,
- dim ,
- disembodied ,
- disguise ,
- display ,
- dissemble ,
- dissimulate ,
- ditch ,
- dormant ,
- dusk ,
- eclipse ,
- eerie ,
- eeriness ,
- electrobiology ,
- elliptical ,
- elusive ,
- enchantment ,
- enigma ,
- enshroud ,
- envelop ,
- esoterica ,
- ethereal ,
- exceptional ,
- exhibition ,
- exorcism ,
- extraordinary ,
- extrasensory ,
- extraterrestrial ,
- fabulous ,
- faerie ,
- far-out ,
- fetichism ,
- fetishism ,
- fey ,
- film ,
- furtive ,
- furtively ,
- garbled ,
- ghost dance ,
- ghostliness ,
- ghostly ,
- glamor ,
- gloom ,
- gloss over ,
- heavy ,
- hermetics ,
- hibernating ,
- hidden ,
- hold back ,
- hold in ,
- hood ,
- hoodoo ,
- hugger mugger ,
- hush-hush ,
- hypernormal ,
- immaterial ,
- immateriality ,
- impalpability ,
- impalpable ,
- impenetrable ,
- imponderable ,
- in a cloud ,
- in a fog ,
- in petto ,
- in secret ,
- in the wings ,
- incantation ,
- incognito ,
- incommunicado ,
- incomprehensible ,
- inconceivable ,
- incorporate ,
- incorporeal ,
- incorporeality ,
- indecipherable ,
- indefinite ,
- indistinct ,
- ineffable ,
- inexplicable ,
- inner ,
- inscrutable ,
- insubstantial ,
- intangibility ,
- intangible ,
- interrupt ,
- intricate ,
- inviolate ,
- involved ,
- kabbala ,
- kabbalism ,
- kabbalistic ,
- knotty ,
- latent ,
- lay on ,
- lay over ,
- loose ,
- lurking ,
- magic ,
- magical ,
- mantic ,
- mantle ,
- mask ,
- masked ,
- mesmerism ,
- metaphysical ,
- midnight ,
- miraculous ,
- miraculousness ,
- muffle ,
- muffled ,
- murk ,
- murky ,
- mystery ,
- mysticism ,
- mystifying ,
- necromancy ,
- necromantic ,
- new age ,
- night ,
- nonmaterial ,
- nonphysical ,
- not expressed ,
- numinous ,
- numinousness ,
- obfuscate ,
- obi ,
- obiism ,
- obscure ,
- occult arts ,
- occult sciences ,
- odylic force ,
- opaque ,
- oracular ,
- other-worldly ,
- otherworldliness ,
- otherworldly ,
- outweigh ,
- over head ,
- overcast ,
- overcloud ,
- overlay ,
- overshadow ,
- overspread ,
- pageant ,
- parade ,
- paranormal ,
- perplexed ,
- perplexing ,
- perplexity ,
- phantom ,
- possible ,
- potential ,
- preternatural ,
- privacy ,
- private ,
- privately ,
- privileged communication ,
- privily ,
- privy ,
- profound ,
- prophetic ,
- psychic ,
- psychical ,
- put on ,
- quietly ,
- recondite ,
- remarkable ,
- restricted ,
- sacrament ,
- scene ,
- screen ,
- scum ,
- secluded ,
- secluse ,
- seclusion ,
- secrecy ,
- secretively ,
- secretiveness ,
- secretly ,
- sequestered ,
- serious ,
- shade ,
- shadow ,
- shadowiness ,
- shadowy ,
- shamanistic ,
- shield ,
- shroud ,
- sibylline ,
- sight ,
- silence ,
- silently ,
- sleeping ,
- slur over ,
- smothered ,
- sneakily ,
- somber ,
- sorcery ,
- spectacle ,
- spectral ,
- spirit rapping ,
- spirit world ,
- spiritual ,
- spiritualism ,
- spiritualistic ,
- spirituality ,
- spread over ,
- stealth ,
- stealthily ,
- stifled ,
- submerge ,
- submerged ,
- subterranean ,
- subtle ,
- superhuman ,
- superimpose ,
- supernaturalism ,
- supernaturalness ,
- supernature ,
- supernormal ,
- superpose ,
- suppress ,
- suppressed ,
- supranatural ,
- surreptitious ,
- surreptitiously ,
- symbolic ,
- table turning ,
- taciturnity ,
- talismanic ,
- telekinetic ,
- telepathic ,
- theosophical ,
- theosophist ,
- theurgy ,
- top-secret ,
- tortuous ,
- transcendental ,
- transcendentalism ,
- transmundane ,
- tricky ,
- ulterior ,
- unavowed ,
- uncanny ,
- unclear ,
- undecipherable ,
- under cover ,
- under wraps ,
- undercover ,
- undercurrent ,
- underground ,
- underlying ,
- undetermined ,
- undisclosed ,
- unearthliness ,
- unearthly ,
- unembodied ,
- unexplainable ,
- unexplained ,
- unextended ,
- unfamiliar ,
- unfathomable ,
- unhuman ,
- unimaginable ,
- unintelligible ,
- unknown ,
- unmanifested ,
- unnatural ,
- unphysical ,
- unreal ,
- unrevealed ,
- unseen ,
- unspoken ,
- unsubstantial ,
- unsubstantiality ,
- untellable ,
- untold ,
- unusual ,
- unutterable ,
- unuttered ,
- unworldliness ,
- unworldly ,
- vague ,
- varnish ,
- vatic ,
- vatical ,
- veil ,
- veiled ,
- virtual ,
- voodoo ,
- voodooism ,
- weighty ,
- weird ,
- whitewash ,
- witchcraft ,
- witchery ,
- withhold .
- Curtaining ,
- blotted out ,
- blotting out ,
- go into hiding ,
- go underground ,
- hole up ,
- keep from ,
- keep secret ,
- kept secret ,
- lay low ,
- lie low ,
- lock up ,
- locked up ,
- locking up ,
- lying low ,
- not give away ,
- not tell ,
- not told ,
- put out of the way ,
- take cover ,
- taking cover ,
- tuck away ,
- tucked away .
- Controvertible ,
- Elusory ,
- Hermetical ,
- Intellective ,
- Mysterial ,
- Psychal ,
- Stickling ,
- Telestic ,
- alchemistic ,
- alluded to ,
- astrological ,
- cloaked ,
- crystal healing ,
- demoniac ,
- difficult to catch ,
- enigmatical ,
- ensorcelled ,
- esoteric ,
- extra ordinary ,
- hard to believe ,
- invisible ,
- nonrational ,
- open to doubt ,
- open to question ,
- out of view ,
- paradoxical ,
- parapsychological ,
- psychogenic ,
- runic ,
- secret ,
- sensile ,
- significative ,
- sorcerous ,
- sphinxlike ,
- supernatural ,
- superordinary ,
- supersensitive ,
- supersensory ,
- tacitly assumed ,
- under advisement ,
- under examination ,
- under ground ,
- uninformative ,
- unknowable ,
- unproven ,
- unspecific ,
- witching ,
- witchlike ,
- wizardly ,
- wordless .
- Hocuspocus ,
- Inscrutableness ,
- Rebuses ,
- Witcheries ,
- abstruseness ,
- bewitchment ,
- bewitchments ,
- brainteaser ,
- brainteasers ,
- braintwister ,
- chillers ,
- closed book ,
- grabber ,
- grabbers ,
- inscrutability ,
- mindboggler ,
- puzzler ,
- rebus ,
- rune ,
- runes ,
- sphinx ,
- sphinxes ,
- stumper ,
- stumpers ,
- subtlety ,
- teaser ,
- teasers ,
- thriller ,
- thrillers ,
- tough nut to crack ,
- whammy ,
- whodunit ,
- whodunits ,
- wizardries ,
- wizardry .
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How to use "Occult" in context?
What is the occult? It's a nebulous word that can encompass a wide range of things, from real-life magick to Hollywood fiction. It often suggests a deep knowledge or understanding unavailable to the general public, or a hidden wisdom that can be used for nefarious purposes. But what is the real occult?
The occult can be traced back to ancient civilizations worldwide, and it has been used to describe everything from religious practices to astronomical phenomena. In modern times, it has come to refer specifically to practices associated with the supernatural, such as magic, astrology, and witchcraft.
Paraphrases for Occult:
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Independent
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Adjective
clandestine, covert, disguised, secret.
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Adjective
Hyponym for Occult:
n.
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person
causal agent, causal agency, cause.
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v.
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perception
conceal, hold in, change, overshadow, hold back.
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perception
Meronym for Occult:
n.
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fate, supernatural being, destiny, theurgy, spiritual being.
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person
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do anyhow
- Synonyms:
- Roughhew.
