Choose the correct antonym for the word: Abstruse
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Easy
Abstruse (adjective) means difficult to understand, obscure. Its antonym is easy.
Example: The lecture on quantum physics was too abstruse for most of the audience.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Easy (answer) | not difficult, simple to understand or do (something hard to understand and something simple to understand are opposites) | The teacher explained the rule in an easy way. |
| (2) Obscure | not clear or not well known (it is a synonym of abstruse) | The meaning of the old poem is obscure. |
| (3) Cryptic | having a hidden or puzzling meaning (it too is close to abstruse) | He left a cryptic message on my phone. |
| (4) Mysterious | difficult to understand or explain (it is similar to abstruse, not opposite) | A mysterious stranger knocked at the door. |
| Synonyms of abstruse: obscure, cryptic, recondite, esoteric Antonyms of abstruse: easy, simple, clear, plain Also asked in CUET (UG): abstruse – 02-06-2025 Slot 1, 16-05-2025 Slot 1 obscure – 14-05-2026 Slot 2, 11-05-2026 Slot 2, 03-06-2025 Slot 1, 30-05-2025 Slot 1, 24-05-2025 Slot 1, 21-05-2025 Slot 2, 20-05-2025 Slot 2, 24-05-2023 Slot 3, 21-08-2022 Slot 1 cryptic – 30-05-2026 Slot 2, 30-05-2026 Slot 1, 24-05-2026 Slot 1, 21-05-2025 Slot 2, 29-05-2024 Slot 1 |