Cryptic and Patent

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Cryptic

Cryptic adjective - Being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain.
Usage example: puzzled by the cryptic e-mail message left on his computer
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Patent is an antonym for cryptic.
Nearby Words: crypt, cryptograph, cryptography, cryptographic, cryptically

Patent

Patent adjective - Not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation.
Usage example: unfortunately, the patent stupidity of the proposal did not deter the city council from putting it up for a vote
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Cryptic is an antonym for patent.
Nearby Words: patently, patented, paten, patency, patentee
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Patent and Cryptic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cryptic/patent
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