mystic

1. 1.

   someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension

   Synonymsreligious mystic

   Broaderbeliever

   NarrowerBuddhaChuang-tzuquietistBoehmeEckhart

Other forms of mystic

plural

mystics·

comparative

mysticer·

superlative

mysticest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mystic

What does mystic mean?

mystic means "having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mystic?

mystic has 2 syllables: mys-tic. The stress falls on "mys". In IPA it is /ˈmɪstɪk/.

What is another word for mystic?

Close synonyms include mysterious, mystical, occult, secret, orphic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mystic a common word?

mystic is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mystic?

3 words rhyme with mystic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.