Synonyms for occult

Synonyms for (noun) occult

Synonyms: occult, occult arts

Definition: supernatural practices and techniques

Usage: he is a student of the occult

Similar words: practice, pattern

Definition: a customary way of operation or behavior

Usage: it is their practice to give annual raises; they changed their dietary pattern


Synonyms: occult, supernatural

Definition: supernatural forces and events and beings collectively

Usage: She doesn't believe in the supernatural

Similar words: causal agency, causal agent, cause

Definition: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results


Synonyms for (verb) occult

Synonyms: occult

Definition: hide from view

Usage: The lids were occulting her eyes

Similar words: hold back, hold in, conceal

Definition: hold back; keep from being perceived by others

Usage: She conceals her anger well


Synonyms: occult

Definition: become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished

Usage: The beam of light occults every so often

Similar words: change

Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night


Synonyms: occult, eclipse

Definition: cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention

Usage: The Sun eclipses the moon today; Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies

Similar words: overshadow

Definition: cast a shadow upon

Usage: The tall tree overshadowed the house


Synonyms for (adj) occult

Synonyms: secret, occult, orphic, mysterious, mystic, mystical

Definition: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

Usage: mysterious symbols; the mystical style of Blake; occult lore; the secret learning of the ancients

Similar words: esoteric

Definition: confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle

Usage: a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories


Synonyms: occult

Definition: hidden and difficult to see

Usage: an occult fracture; occult blood in the stool

Similar words: unseeable, invisible

Definition: impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye

Usage: the invisible man; invisible rays; an invisible hinge; invisible mending


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