Cryptic and Known

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Cryptic

Cryptic adjective - Being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain.
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Known is an antonym for cryptic in secret topic.
Nearby Words: crypt, cryptograph, cryptography, cryptographic, cryptically

Known

Known adjective - Apprehended with certainty.
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Cryptic is an antonym for known.
Nearby Words: know, knowing
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  • Crossword Puzzle British crosswords resemble snaking mazes with clues that require a working knowledge of mythology and literature, with cryptic clues layered with double meanings (non-cryptic crosswords are known as "quickie" crosswords).
    Source: Crossword Puzzle
  • Perhaps justified, as those are two of the only known galaxies lucky enough to have names that are not cryptic (Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte), or numbered (Andromedas I through X), with the exception of the Triangulum galaxy.
    Source: Small Reference Pools / Real Life
  • Crazy-Prepared: For an electrician, Timothy knows quite a lot on outdoor survival strategies Cryptic Background Reference Deadpan Snarker: Timothy has shades of this Depopulation Bomb: While there's mentions of a genocide by the military with gas and firearms, the full extent isn't known.
    Source: Webcomic / Led By A Mad Man
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