Definition for Illusive:

• Illusively.

Synonyms for Illusive:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • illusive.
  •apparent (adjective)
  • most possible,
  • most semblant,
  • most apparent,
  • more semblant.
  •chimeric (adjective)
  • chimeral.
  •deceptive (adjective)
  • sham,
  • unread,
  • fake,
  • seeming,
  • deceitful.
  •false (adjective)
  • contrary to fact,
  • casuistic,
  • inexact,
  • cooked-up,
  • off the mark,
  • Misrepresentative,
  • mendacious,
  • sophistical,
  • untruthful.
  •fantastic (adjective)
  • in credible,
  • un-likely,
  • in saner,
  • far fetched,
  • more ridiculous,
  • fictional,
  • out sight,
  • incredible,
  • un likely,
  • more phantasmagorical,
  • in sane,
  • in sanest,
  • in-saner,
  • in-sane,
  • un-likeliest,
  • in-credible,
  • un believable,
  • most phantasmagorical,
  • out of sight,
  • un-believable,
  • in-sanest,
  • un likeliest,
  • un-likelier,
  • un likelier.
  •illusory (adjective)
  • most barmecidal,
  • most illusory,
  • more barmecidal,
  • floatest.
  •imaginary (adjective)
  • hypothetical,
  • Non-existent,
  • apparitional,
  • dreamed-up,
  • fantastical,
  • figmental.
  •notional (adjective)
  • notional.
  •seeming (adjective)
  • more appearing,
  • most quasi-,
  • more quasi-,
  • sur face,
  • most appearing,
  • sur-face.
  •subtle (adjective)
  • understated,
  • hairline,
  • implied.

• n.

  •
  • honest,
  • fallacious.
  •illusive (noun)
  • unreal.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dreamlike,
  • phantasmic,
  • hallucinatory,
  • delusory,
  • chimeric,
  • misleading,
  • phantasmagoric.
  •
  • phantasmal.
  •
  • visionary.
  •Other relevant words:
  • enchanting,
  • immaterial,
  • illusional,
  • jesuitic,
  • mythological,
  • glamorous,
  • delusional,
  • treacherous,
  • irrelevant,
  • illusionary,
  • spellbinding,
  • erroneous,
  • spurious,
  • mistaken,
  • intangible,
  • mythical,
  • irrational,
  • fancied,
  • phantom,
  • untrue,
  • sophistic,
  • Philosophistic,
  • fictive,
  • counterfeit,
  • abstract,
  • charming,
  • unrealistic,
  • possible,
  • empty,
  • bewitching,
  • fanciful,
  • questionable,
  • Trickish,
  • apparently sound,
  • disingenuous,
  • hallucinative,
  • catchy,
  • spectral,
  • mock,
  • Ad captandum,
  • plausible,
  • specious,
  • elusive,
  • hollow,
  • presumable,
  • perverted,
  • probable,
  • entrancing,
  • impalpable,
  • hallucinational,
  • beguiling,
  • unactual,
  • artificial,
  • tricksy,
  • jesuitical,
  • legendary,
  • insincere,
  • dreamy,
  • supposititious,
  • dubious,
  • fascinating,
  • fishy,
  • unfounded,
  • fictitious,
  • tricky,
  • prestigious,
  • theoretical,
  • airy,
  • overrefined,
  • witching,
  • not real,
  • Deceived,
  • autistic,
  • self-deceptive,
  • oversubtle,
  • evasive,
  • spiritual,
  • ad captandum vulgus,
  • mythic,
  • Prestigiatory,
  • ideal,
  • imagined,
  • Colorable,
  • Covinous,
  • delusionary,
  • cunning,
  • Deceptious,
  • insidious,
  • Elusory,
  • Deceiving,
  • insubstantial,
  • incorporeal,
  • ethereal,
  • made-up,
  • surreal,
  • unbelievable,
  • unsubstantial.

Paraphrases for Illusive:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    illusory.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    elusive.

Antonyms for Illusive:

• adj.

  • deceptive
    real.
  • Other antonyms:
    existent.

Illusive Sentence Examples:

• It sputtered, throwing an illusive gleam on the wet rock a yard or two in front, and then went out.

• Raymond found nothing to the purpose in this illusive talk.

Homophones for Illusive:

• elusive.