Esoteric
Esoteric adjective - Difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand.
Usage example: metaphysics is such an esoteric subject that most people are content to leave it to the philosophers
Scholarly
Scholarly adjective - Having or displaying advanced knowledge or education.
Esoteric and scholarly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Esoteric" instead an adjective "Scholarly".
Nearby Words: scholar, scholarship
Mutual synonyms
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Scholarly and Esoteric. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/esoteric/scholarly
Esoteric & Scholarly. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/esoteric/scholarly>.
Scholarly or Esoteric. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/esoteric/scholarly.
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