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Synonyms for abstruse
æbˈstrus
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Princeton's WordNet
abstruse, deep, recondite(adj)
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
"the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"
Synonyms:
cryptic, deep, mysterious, inscrutable, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, richAntonyms:
exoteric
English Synonyms and Antonyms
abstruse
That is complex which is made up of several connected parts. That is compound in which the parts are not merely connected, but fused, or otherwise combined into a single substance. In a composite object the different parts have less of unity than in that which is complex or compound, but maintain their distinct individuality. In a heterogeneous body unlike parts or particles are intermingled, often without apparent order or plan. Conglomerate (literally, globed together) is said of a confused mingling of masses or lumps of various substances. The New England pudding-stone is a conglomerate rock. In a complex object the arrangement and relation of parts may be perfectly clear; in a complicated mechanism the parts are so numerous, or so combined, that the mind can not readily grasp their mutual relations; in an intricate arrangement the parts are so intertwined that it is difficult to follow their windings; things are involved which are rolled together so as not to be easily separated, either in thought or in fact; things which are tangled or entangled mutually hold and draw upon each other. The conception of a material object is usually complex, involving form, color, size, and other elements; a clock is a complicated mechanism; the Gordian knot was intricate; the twining serpents of the Laocoon are involved. We speak of an abstruse statement, a complex conception, a confused heap, a heterogeneous mass, a tangled skein, an intricate problem; of composite architecture, an involved sentence; of the complicated or intricate accounts of a great business, the entangled accounts of an incompetent or dishonest bookkeeper.
Synonyms:
complex, complicated, composite, compound, confused, conglomerate, entangled, heterogeneous, intricate, involved, manifold, mingled, mixed, multiform, obscure, tangledAntonyms:
clear, direct, homogeneous, obvious, plain, simple, uncombined, uncompounded, uniform, unraveled
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
abstruse(a.)
Synonyms:
recondite, occult, profound, hidden, transcendental, obscure, difficult, dark, enigmatical, mysterious, mystic, mystical, high, abstract, abstracted, subtile, refined
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
abstruse(a)
Synonyms:
recondite, obscure, incomprehensible
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2169 | rich | |
#2936 | hidden | |
#2961 | bass | |
#3036 | mixed | |
#4800 | thick | |
#6414 | composite | |
#6470 | compound | |
#6878 | confused | |
#7013 | curious | |
#7037 | complicated | |
#9735 | mysterious | |
#11321 | profound | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#15098 | manifold | |
#17360 | heterogeneous | |
#17474 | mystical | |
#18859 | occult | |
#20086 | intricate | |
#25735 | tangled | |
#30028 | cryptic | |
#30750 | conglomerate | |
#36740 | entangled | |
#41957 | mingled | |
#66886 | inscrutable | |
#97999 | mystifying | |
#112255 | multiform | |
#113745 | abstruse | |
#188549 | recondite |
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This discovery from Jared Leadbetter and Hang fills a major intellectual gap in our understanding of Earth's elemental cycles, and adds to the diverse ways in which manganese, an abstruse but common transition metal, has shaped the evolution of life on our planet.
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