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: 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
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
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