Cryptic and Subtle

Cryptic adjective - Being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain.

Subtle and cryptic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subtle" instead an adjective "Cryptic".

Nearby Words: crypt, cryptograph, cryptography, cryptographic, cryptically

Subtle adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.

Cryptic and subtle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cryptic" instead an adjective "Subtle".

Nearby Words: subtlety, subtly, subtleness