mystic
/ˈmɪstɪk/
mystic adjective: of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
Adjective
mystic (comparative more mystic, superlative most mystic)
- Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
- a mystic dance
- Synonyms:
- mystical, sorcerous, sortilegious, magical, numinous, thaumaturgic, witching
- Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
- Taught he not thee—the man of eld, / Whose eyes within his eyes beheld / Heaven's numerous hierarchy span / The mystic gulf from God to man?1847, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Threnody”, in Poems, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, →OCLC, page 245
- Tho’ truths in manhood darkly join,
Deep-seated in our mystic frame,
We yield all blessing to the name
Of Him that made them current coin; […]1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 56
- Synonyms:
- cryptic, ill-defined, mysterial, arcane, enigmatic, inenubilable, mysterioso, mysterious, runish, sibylline
Noun
mystic (plural mystics)
- Someone who practices mysticism.
Proper noun capitalized: Mystic
Mystic
- An unincorporated community in Nevada County, California.
- A ghost town in Routt County, Colorado.
- A village and census-designated place in the towns of Stonington and Groton, New London County, Connecticut.
- Mystic’s maritime history dates to its days as a shipbuilding center, a time well preserved at the Mystic Seaport Museum, the world’s leading and largest of its kind, home to the famed 1800s whaleship, Charles W. Morgan.2017 April 2, Tara Donaldson, “5 quiet U.S. coastal towns that offer a seaside escape”, in CNN
- A minor city in Appanoose County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota.
mystic meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
mystic in Tamil
- அகநிலை உணர்வுபெற்ற, மறைமெய்ம்மைசார்ந்த, சாமானிய அறிவுநிலை கடந்த, ஆழ்ந்த உட்பொருளுடைய, ஆன்மிகச் சார்பான, மறை ஆற்றலுடைய
mystic in Urdu
- باطنی, صوفی, عارف
mystic in Bengali
- রহস্যময়, আধ্যাত্মিক, মরমী, মরমী সাধক
mystic in Malayalam
- religious, spiritual, transcendental
- ഗൂഢാർത്ഥകമായ, ആത്മീയം, യോഗാത്മകദർശനപരമായ, അദ്ധ്യാത്മികം, ആധ്യാത്മികരഹസ്യവാദപരമായ, മതപരം
- symbolic, symbolical, allegorical
- പ്രതീക, പ്രതീകാത്മകമായ, സൂചകമായ, സങ്കേതരൂപമായ, ലാക്ഷണികമായ, പ്രതീരൂപാത്മകം
- abstruse, cryptic, concealed
- ഗൂഢാർത്ഥമായ, രഹസ്യമായ, ഗോപ്യമായ, മറച്ചുവച്ചിട്ടുള്ള, ഗുപ്തമായ, നിഗൂഹനം ചെയ്യപ്പെട്ട
More languagesFewer languages
- mystic in Kannada
- ಮುಮುಕ್ಷು, ಮುಕ್ತಿ ಬಯಸುವವನು, ಅನುಭಾವಿ, ಯೋಗಿ
- mystic in Persian
- عارف 'âref
Examples of mystic in a sentence
- The beturbaned mystic was especially mysterious-looking in his starred headwear.
- Among his writings was one dealing particularly with various mystic rites.
- The mystics' fundamental vision was unitive: all things, including sinful creatures, are united with God.
Synonyms of mystic
- mystical
- sorcerous
- sortilegious
- magical
- numinous
- thaumaturgic
- witching
- cryptic
- ill-defined
- mysterial
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Forms of mystic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more mystic |
| superlative | most mystic |
| alternative adjective | mystical |
| alternative form (archaic) | mystick |
| Noun | |
| plural | mystics |
Origin of 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.
Words formed from mystic
Words that rhyme with mystic
- artistic
- autistic
- characteristic
- atavistic
- ballistic
- heuristic
- linguistic
- pessimistic
- realistic
- cystic
- futuristic
- histic
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- holistic
- hypocoristic
- optimistic
- activistic
- allistic
- altruistic
- cannibalistic
- criminalistic
- economistic
- epiphenomenalistic
- fistic
- heteroantagonistic
- hubristic
- hybristic
- infinitistic
- isoantagonistic
- jingoistic
- journalistic
- librettistic
- malistic
- mistic
- navalistic
- paralinguistic
- pistic
- retrofuturistic
- spiritistic
- supercalifragilistic
- surrealistic
- unartistic
Questions about mystic
- What does mystic mean?
- Mystic means of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
- What is mystic in Tamil?
- Mystic in Tamil is அகநிலை உணர்வுபெற்ற, மறைமெய்ம்மைசார்ந்த, சாமானிய அறிவுநிலை கடந்த. See Mystic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mystic?
- Mystic can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mystic?
- Mystic is pronounced /ˈmɪstɪk/.
Words near mystic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mystic (page history and authors); Mystic (page history and authors); mystic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mystic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mystic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mystic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); mystic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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