Thesaurus:subtle

Thesaurus

subtle

English

Adjective

Sense: hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood

Synonyms

• subtle
• tricky
• nice
• delicate
• knotty

Antonyms

• manifest
• obvious    [⇒ thesaurus]
• simple

Hypernyms

• difficult    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “704. difficulty” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “subtle” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.