Synonyms for abstruse
- esoteric
- perplexing
- Greek to me
- abstract
- clear as dishwater
- complex
- complicated
- deep
- enigmatic
- heavy
- hidden
- incomprehensible
- intricate
- involved
- muddy
- obscure
- profound
- puzzling
- recondite
- subtle
- unfathomable
- vague
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Antonyms for abstruse
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baffling
adjective. puzzling
complex
adjective. difficult to understand
- Daedalean
- Gordian
- abstruse
- bewildering
- byzantine
- circuitous
- complicated
- confused
- convoluted
- crabbed
- cryptic
- discursive
- disordered
- disturbing
- enigmatic
- entangled
- excursive
- hidden
- impenetrable
- inscrutable
- interwoven
- intricate
- involved
- jumbled
- knotted
- knotty
- labyrinthine
- mazy
- meandering
- mingled
- mixed
- muddled
- obscure
- paradoxical
- perplexing
- puzzling
- rambling
- recondite
- round-about
- sinuous
- snarled
- sophisticated
- tangled
- tortuous
- undecipherable
- unfathomable
- winding
complicated
adjective. difficult, complex
cryptic
adjective. secret; obscure in meaning
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.