Definition for Elusive:

• difficult to describe; " a haunting elusive odor"

Synonyms for Elusive:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • elusive.
  •dishonest (adjective)
  • mendacious,
  • perfidious,
  • Double dealing.
  •evasive (adjective)
  • casuistical,
  • Elusory,
  • sophistical,
  • casuistic.
  •evasive, mysterious (adjective)
  • deceitful,
  • equivocal,
  • indefinable,
  • insubstantial,
  • transitory,
  • fallacious,
  • incomprehensible,
  • occult,
  • ambiguous,
  • difficult to catch,
  • unspecific,
  • baffling,
  • imponderable,
  • phantom,
  • stonewalling,
  • fraudulent,
  • shy,
  • puzzling,
  • cagey,
  • transient,
  • deceptive,
  • misleading,
  • greasy,
  • fugacious,
  • illusory.
  •fugitive (adjective)
  • impermanent,
  • on the lam,
  • wanted,
  • running away,
  • Escaping,
  • lamster.
  •furtive (adjective)
  • masked,
  • hush hush,
  • more skulking,
  • dis-guised,
  • more sub rosa,
  • most under the table,
  • most sub-rosa,
  • under cover,
  • more conspiratorial,
  • most subrosa,
  • under wraps,
  • more under the table,
  • more slinking,
  • most slinking,
  • most skulking,
  • more subrosa,
  • most under-the-table,
  • subrosa,
  • under hand,
  • hushhush,
  • under-cover,
  • most sub rosa,
  • dis guised,
  • under-hand,
  • more under-the-table,
  • more sub-rosa,
  • most conspiratorial.
  •out of reach (adjective)
  • inaccessible.
  •quibbling (adjective)
  • more hairsplitting,
  • most hairsplitting,
  • most caviling,
  • more caviling.
  •shifty (adjective)
  • more conniving,
  • more prevaricatory,
  • most conniving,
  • un-truthful,
  • un honest,
  • more unhonest,
  • more prevaricative,
  • most unhonest,
  • more contriving,
  • most prevaricatory,
  • more dodging,
  • un-honest,
  • most dodging,
  • most contriving,
  • fly by night,
  • most prevaricative,
  • Unhonest.
  •slippery (adjective)
  • mutable,
  • in secure,
  • in-constant,
  • in securer,
  • un safe,
  • in-securer,
  • un-safe,
  • un predictable,
  • un-predictable,
  • in-secure,
  • un steadiest,
  • in-securest,
  • un steady,
  • in securest,
  • un safest,
  • un steadier,
  • un safer,
  • un-steadier,
  • un-safer,
  • un-steadiest,
  • un-safest.
  •sly (adjective)
  • dis honorable,
  • dis-honorable,
  • impish,
  • more plotting,
  • most plotting.
  •subtle (adjective)
  • implicit,
  • implied,
  • delicate,
  • indirect,
  • Insinuated.
  •unattainable (adjective)
  • un-attainable,
  • un attainable.
  •unclear (adjective)
  • un-clearer,
  • most imprecise,
  • un-clearest,
  • un clear,
  • un clearest,
  • un clearer,
  • un-clear.
  •unreachable (adjective)
  • un-reachable,
  • un reachable.
  •volatile (adjective)
  • in-consistent,
  • un-settled,
  • un settled,
  • in consistent.

• n.

  •
  • taxing,
  • arduous,
  • be an effort,
  • challenging,
  • demanding,
  • complicated,
  • punishing.
  •
  • dim,
  • foggy,
  • faint,
  • conscious.
  •
  • impossible,
  • intractable,
  • awkward,
  • testing,
  • trying,
  • critical,
  • intolerable,
  • thorny.
  •artful (noun)
  • artful.
  •elusive (noun)
  • impalpable,
  • subtle,
  • unidentifiable.
  •evasive (noun)
  • fleeting,
  • tricky,
  • temporary,
  • evanescent.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dimly,
  • catchy,
  • memorial,
  • nostalgic,
  • forgotten,
  • unforgettable,
  • redolent,
  • retentive,
  • memorable,
  • haunting.
  •
  • blurred,
  • wistful,
  • etched,
  • commemorative,
  • reminiscent,
  • suggestive.
  •
  • immortal.
  •
  • vague,
  • hazy.
  •
  • short.
  •
  • long.

Paraphrases for Elusive:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    difficult, fugitive, inaccessible, imprecise, illusory, distant, perplexing, impossible, unrealized, problematic, uncertain, challenging, indomitable, unclear, tricky, unworkable, fleeting, obscure, secretive, off-limits, inaccurate, impractical, unspecific, slim, unimplemented, confusing, ill-defined, impracticable, unrealistic, problematical, blurred, tough, attainable, unfeasible, stealth, futile, hard-won, hard-to-reach, intangible.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    illusive, evasive, unattainable, unfulfilled, vague, unachievable, mysterious, unreachable, unavailable, sly, unobtainable.

Antonyms for Elusive:

• adj.

  • evasive, mysterious
    definite, intelligible, Encountering, stable, inviting, confronting, Attracting, understandable, enticing, facing, honest.
  • Other antonyms:
    approachable, reachable, obtainable, attainable, artless, accessible, tangible, palpable, easy, available, identifiable, convenient.

Elusive Sentence Examples:

• So that serious difficulties are encountered every time an attempt is made to determine the specific and concrete content of this concept of the nation, which is ever present, and yet ever elusive.

• Perhaps they, too, were wearied by prolonged war with an elusive foe off a treacherous coast.

Homophones for Elusive:

• illusive.