subtle

adjective

  1. 1

    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

    glaucoma is an insidious disease

    a subtle poison

  2. 2

    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

    his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change

    a subtle difference

  3. 3

    able to make fine distinctions

    a subtle mind

Synonyms

Also useful for “subtle”:Unscrambler