Dictionary and Thesaurus

Definition of Esoteric

• (a.) Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric.

Synonyms of Esoteric

• Abstruse
• Deep
• Recondite
• Arcane
• Cabalistic
• Kabbalistic
• Qabalistic
• Cryptic
• Cryptical
• Sibylline
• Mysterious
• Mystic
• Mystical
• Occult
• Secret
• Orphic
• Private

Antonyms of Esoteric

• Exoteric

Homophones of Esoteric