Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cabala
2 senses of cabala
Sense 1
cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah -- (an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret)
=> secret, arcanum -- (information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking")
Sense 2
Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah, Cabbala, Cabala, Qabbalah, Qabbala -- (an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries)
=> theosophy -- (a system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul)