occult

English Thesaurus

1. supernatural practices and techniques (noun.act)

hypernym	:	pattern, practice,
definition	:	a customary way of operation or behavior (noun.act)

2. supernatural forces and events and beings collectively (noun.person)

hypernym	:	causal agency, causal agent, cause,
definition	:	any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results (noun.tops)

part holonym	:	theurgy,
definition	:	the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs (noun.person)

part holonym	:	destiny, fate,
definition	:	the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman) (noun.person)

member holonym	:	spiritual being, supernatural being,
definition	:	an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events (noun.person)

3. hide from view (verb.perception)

hypernym	:	conceal, hold back, hold in,
definition	:	hold back; keep from being perceived by others (verb.perception)

4. become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished (verb.perception)

hypernym	:	change,
definition	:	undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature (verb.change)

5. cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention (verb.perception)

hypernym	:	overshadow,
definition	:	cast a shadow upon (verb.perception)

6. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding (adj.all)

similar	:	esoteric,
definition	:	confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle (adj.all)

7. hidden and difficult to see (adj.all)

similar	:	invisible, unseeable,
definition	:	impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye (adj.all)

8. supernatural practices and techniques (noun.act)

derivation	:	mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, secret, mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, secret,
definition	:	having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding (adj.all)

9. supernatural forces and events and beings collectively (noun.person)

derivation	:	supernatural,
definition	:	not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material (adj.all)

10. cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention (verb.perception)

derivation	:	eclipse, occultation,
definition	:	one celestial body obscures another (noun.event)

11. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding (adj.all)

derivation	:	occult, occult arts,
definition	:	supernatural practices and techniques (noun.act)

derivation	:	closed book, enigma, mystery, secret,
definition	:	something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	occult, supernatural,
definition	:	supernatural forces and events and beings collectively (noun.person)

derivation	:	mystic, religious mystic,
definition	:	someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension (noun.person)

12. supernatural practices and techniques (noun.act)

derivation	:	mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, secret, mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, secret,
definition	:	having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding (adj.all)

13. supernatural forces and events and beings collectively (noun.person)

derivation	:	supernatural,
definition	:	not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material (adj.all)

14. cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention (verb.perception)

derivation	:	eclipse, occultation,
definition	:	one celestial body obscures another (noun.event)

15. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding (adj.all)

derivation	:	occult, occult arts,
definition	:	supernatural practices and techniques (noun.act)

derivation	:	closed book, enigma, mystery, secret,
definition	:	something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	occult, supernatural,
definition	:	supernatural forces and events and beings collectively (noun.person)

derivation	:	mystic, religious mystic,
definition	:	someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension (noun.person)