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
Uncanny
Uncanny adjective - Being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain.
Usage example: a number of uncanny parallels in the lives of the twins who had been separated at birth
Esoteric and uncanny are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Esoteric" instead an adjective "Uncanny".
Nearby Word: uncannily
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- cryptic and esoteric
- cryptic and uncanny
- dark and esoteric
- dark and uncanny
- secret and esoteric
- secret and uncanny
- arcane and esoteric
- arcane and uncanny
- otherworldly and esoteric
- otherworldly and uncanny
- supernatural and esoteric
- supernatural and uncanny
- unearthly and esoteric
- unearthly and uncanny
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Uncanny and Esoteric. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/esoteric/uncanny
Esoteric & Uncanny. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/esoteric/uncanny>.
Uncanny or Esoteric. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/esoteric/uncanny.
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