Antonyms for occults
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : uh-kuhlt, ok-uhlt |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈkʌlt, ˈɒk ʌlt |
Definition of occults
Origin :- 1530s, "secret, not divulged," from Middle French occulte and directly from Latin occultus "hidden, concealed, secret," past participle of occulere "cover over, conceal," from ob "over" (see ob-) + a verb related to celare "to hide," from PIE root *kel- "to hide" (see cell). Meaning "not apprehended by the mind, beyond the range of understanding" is from 1540s. The association with the supernatural sciences (magic, alchemy, astrology, etc.) dates from 1630s.
- As in mystery : noun puzzle, secret
- As in secret : noun something kept hidden, unrevealed
- As in witchcraft : noun spell-casting, magic
- As in perplexity : noun mystery
- As in puzzler : noun mystery
- As in bury : verb conceal, cover
- As in stash : verb hide
- This is very strikingly shown when the Moon, in its monthly progress among the stars, passes before one of them and occults it.
- Extract from : « Are the Planets Inhabited? » by E. Walter Maunder
- When the Moon passes in front of the Pleiades, and occults them successively, it is hard to believe one's eyes.
- Extract from : « Astronomy for Amateurs » by Camille Flammarion
- It occults every ten seconds, and there is seven seconds' visibility, with three seconds' obscuration.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 » by Various
Synonyms for occults
- abracadabra
- abstruseness
- adumbrate
- bewitchment
- black art
- black magic
- blot out
- brainteaser
- braintwister
- bury
- cache
- camouflage
- charade
- charisma
- chiller
- cipher
- classified information
- cliffhanger
- cloak
- closed book
- code
- conceal
- confidence
- confidential information
- conjuring
- conundrum
- cover
- cover up
- crux
- cryptogram
- curtain
- difficulty
- disguise
- dissemble
- ditch
- divination
- duck
- eclipse
- enchantment
- enigma
- ensconce
- enshroud
- formula
- go into hiding
- go underground
- grabber
- harbor
- hide
- hocus-pocus
- hold back
- hole up
- hoodoo
- hush up
- incantation
- inscrutability
- inscrutableness
- jinx
- keep from
- keep secret
- key
- lie low
- lock up
- magic number
- magnetism
- mask
- mindboggler
- mumbo jumbo
- mystery
- mystification
- necromancy
- not give away
- not tell
- obscure
- occult
- occultism
- oracle
- password
- perplexity
- plant
- poser
- privileged information
- problem
- protect
- put out of the way
- puzzle
- puzzlement
- puzzler
- question
- rebus
- reserve
- riddle
- rune
- salt away
- screen
- secrecy
- secrete
- shadow
- shelter
- shield
- shroud
- sixty-four-thousand-dollar question
- skeleton in cupboard
- smuggle
- sorcery
- spell
- sphinx
- squirrel
- stash
- stickler
- stifle
- stow away
- stumper
- subtlety
- suppress
- take cover
- teaser
- thaumaturgy
- thriller
- tough nut to crack
- tuck away
- twister
- unknown
- veil
- voodoo
- voodooism
- whammy
- whodunit
- why
- witchery
- witching
- withhold
- wizardry
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