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occult has 8 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 7 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
“The Sun eclipses the moon today”
become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished
“The beam of light occults every so often”
hide from view
“The lids were occulting her eyes”
supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
“She doesn't believe in the supernatural”
supernatural practices and techniques
“he is a student of the occult”
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
“mysterious symbols”
1 of the 7 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for occult.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for occult come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.