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mystic

adj · name · noun · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈmɪstɪk/
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  • rhymes with -ɪstɪk
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a mystic dance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mystical, sorcerous, sortilegious, magical, mystic, numinous, thaumaturgic, witching

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cryptic, ill-defined, mysterial, arcane, enigmatic, inenubilable, mysterioso, mysterious, mystic, runish, sibylline, systerious, uncertain, undefined, undetermined

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Nevada County, California.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Routt County, Colorado.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

A number of places in the United States:

A village and census-designated place in New London County, Connecticut.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

name

Meaning 6

A number of places in the United States:

A minor city in Appanoose County, Iowa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

name

Meaning 7

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

name

Meaning 8

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Someone who practices mysticism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adjective

Meaning 10

relating to or characteristic of mysticism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • mystical religion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mystical

Antonyms: none provided

11

adjective

Meaning 11

relating to or resembling mysticism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • mystical intuition
  • mystical theories about the securities market

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mystical

Antonyms: none provided

12

adjective satellite

Meaning 12

having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • mysterious symbols
  • the mystical style of Blake
  • occult lore
  • the secret learning of the ancients

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mysterious, mystical, occult, secret, orphic

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: religious mystic

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: believer, worshiper, worshipper

Narrower terms: quietist, Buddha, Siddhartha, Gautama, Gautama Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha, Chuang-tzu, Boehme, Jakob Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm, Behmen, Jakob Behmen, Eckhart, Johannes Eckhart, Meister Eckhart

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μῡ́ω (mū́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek μῠέω (mŭéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek μῠ́στης (mŭ́stēs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek μῠστῐκός (mŭstĭkós)der. Latin mysticus Old French mistiqueder. English mystic From Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated”). Doublet of mystique.

Across languages

Translations

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: mistik — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Bulgarian: мистичен (mističen) — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Catalan: místic — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神秘 (shénmì) — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Dutch: mystiek — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Finnish: mystinen — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • French: mystique — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • German: mystisch — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Greek: μυστικός (mystikós) — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Ancient Greek: μυστικός (mustikós) — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Irish: misteach — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Irish: mistiúil — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Irish: doilfe — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Irish: fáthrúnda — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Latin: mysticus — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Lithuanian: mistinis — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Lithuanian: mistinė — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mystisk — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mystisk — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Polish: mistyczny — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Portuguese: místico — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Romanian: mistic — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Russian: мисти́ческий (mistíčeskij) — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Spanish: místico — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Swedish: mystisk — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Turkish: mistik — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Turkish: gizemci — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Turkish: gizemcil — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Turkish: gizemsel — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Turkish: gizemsi — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Ukrainian: місти́чний (mistýčnyj) — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Welsh: cyfriniol — of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
  • Bulgarian: тайнствен (tajnstven) — mysterious and strange
  • Bulgarian: загадъчен (zagadǎčen) — mysterious and strange
  • Catalan: místic — mysterious and strange
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神秘 (shénmì) — mysterious and strange
  • Dutch: mysterieus — mysterious and strange
  • Dutch: enigmatisch — mysterious and strange
  • Dutch: raadselachtig — mysterious and strange
  • Dutch: geheimzinnig — mysterious and strange
  • Dutch: duister — mysterious and strange
  • Finnish: mystinen — mysterious and strange
  • German: mystisch — mysterious and strange
  • Greek: μυστήριος (mystírios) — mysterious and strange
  • Greek: μυστηριώδης (mystiriódis) — mysterious and strange
  • Latin: mysticus — mysterious and strange
  • Latin: obscurus — mysterious and strange
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mystisk — mysterious and strange
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mystisk — mysterious and strange
  • Polish: mistyczny — mysterious and strange
  • Portuguese: místico — mysterious and strange
  • Russian: мисти́ческий (mistíčeskij) — mysterious and strange
  • Spanish: místico — mysterious and strange
  • Swedish: mystisk — mysterious and strange
  • Turkish: mistik — mysterious and strange
  • Turkish: gizemli — mysterious and strange
  • Turkish: esrarengiz — mysterious and strange
  • Welsh: cyfriniol — mysterious and strange
  • Bulgarian: мистик (mistik) — someone who practices mysticism
  • Bulgarian: мистичка (mistička) — someone who practices mysticism
  • Czech: mystik — someone who practices mysticism
  • Czech: mystička — someone who practices mysticism
  • Danish: mystiker — someone who practices mysticism
  • Dutch: mysticus — someone who practices mysticism
  • Esperanto: mistikulo — someone who practices mysticism
  • Finnish: mystikko — someone who practices mysticism
  • French: mystique — someone who practices mysticism
  • German: Mystiker — someone who practices mysticism
  • German: Mystikerin — someone who practices mysticism
  • Greek: μυστικιστής (mystikistís) — someone who practices mysticism
  • Greek: μυστικίστρια (mystikístria) — someone who practices mysticism
  • Hebrew: מיסטיקן — someone who practices mysticism
  • Irish: misteach — someone who practices mysticism
  • Italian: mistico — someone who practices mysticism
  • Italian: mistica — someone who practices mysticism
  • Lithuanian: mistikas — someone who practices mysticism
  • Lithuanian: mistikė — someone who practices mysticism
  • Māori: whakatuatea — someone who practices mysticism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mystiker — someone who practices mysticism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mystikar — someone who practices mysticism
  • Persian: عارف ('âref) — someone who practices mysticism
  • Polish: mistyk — someone who practices mysticism
  • Polish: mistyczka — someone who practices mysticism
  • Portuguese: místico — someone who practices mysticism
  • Portuguese: mística — someone who practices mysticism
  • Russian: ми́стик (místik) — someone who practices mysticism
  • Russian: мисти́чка (mistíčka) — someone who practices mysticism
  • Spanish: místico — someone who practices mysticism
  • Spanish: mística — someone who practices mysticism
  • Swedish: mystiker — someone who practices mysticism
  • Turkish: mistik — someone who practices mysticism
  • Turkish: gizemci — someone who practices mysticism
  • Ukrainian: мі́стик (místyk) — someone who practices mysticism
  • Ukrainian: місти́чка (mistýčka) — someone who practices mysticism
  • Volapük: müsteriman — someone who practices mysticism
  • Volapük: himüsteriman — someone who practices mysticism
  • Volapük: jimüsteriman — someone who practices mysticism
  • Welsh: cyfriniolwr — someone who practices mysticism
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