Cryptic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having hidden meaning; mystifying. See Synonyms at ambiguous.
  • adj. Secret or occult.
  • adj. Using code or cipher.
  • adj. Biology Tending to conceal or camouflage: cryptic coloring.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having hidden meaning.
  • adj. Mystified or of an obscure nature.
  • adj. Involving use of code or cipher/cypher.
  • adj. Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.
  • n. A cryptic crossword.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Hidden; secret; occult.
  • adj. incomprehensible to those not familiar with the culture or jargon.
  • adj. having a secret or hidden meaning.
  • adj. having a puzzling terseness.
  • adj. not evident; unrecognized.
  • adj. written in a code or cipher.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Hidden; secret; occult.
  • n. The art of recording any discourse so that the meaning is concealed from ordinary readers.
  • In biology, serving to conceal or fitted for concealing an organism.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of an obscure nature
  • adj. having a secret or hidden meaning
  • adj. having a puzzling terseness
  • Equivalent
    Cross Reference
    Form
    cryptogram   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hidden    secret    occult    inscrutable    mysterious    mystifying    cabalistic    sibylline    unrecognized    encoded   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    apocalyptic    ecliptic    triptych   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    enigmatic    curt    ambiguous    laconic    unintelligible    emphatic    concise    confuse    pithy    explanatory