Synonyms of hermetic

hermetic

adjective

(ˌ)hər-ˈme-tik 

variants also hermetical

as in esoteric

difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand

wrote hermetic poetry whose sole intended readership was himself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• esoteric
• scholarly
• profound
• mystical
• academic
• arcane
• recondite
• abstruse
• mystic
• deep
• ambiguous
• enigmatic
• academical
• mysterious
• cryptic
• complicated
• complex
• enigmatical
• learned
• erudite
• pedantic
• inscrutable
• incomprehensible
• impenetrable
• unintelligible
• uncanny
• hard
• orphic
• unfathomable
• unknowable
• darkling
• baffling
• puzzling
• perplexing
• confounding
• unanswerable
• confusing
• disorienting
• mystifying
• bewildering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• superficial
• shallow
• simple
• easy
• straightforward
• intelligible
• comprehensible
• understandable
• transparent
• apparent
• distinct
• obvious
• plain
• clear
• facile
• evident
• lucid
• manifest
• fathomable
• perspicuous
• clear-cut

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hermetic

Gradually, Twigs shows her hermetic side: the monkishness of the night-life circuit girl. —Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025

This isn’t a hermetic kind of meditation, one in which outer havoc is kept at bay. —Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025

Even when her character takes a more urgent role in this hermetic story, the excellent Garner doesn’t have much to play outside a parade of slow-roll nonverbal shots of Charlotte peering this way and that, taking charge of a rapidly dissolving situation but never really getting her due. —Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025

Then three events endanger Apolline’s hermetic routine. —Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025

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