Synonyms for elusive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ih-loo-siv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlu sɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for elusive Other synonyms for the word elusive
Définition of elusive
Origin :- 1719, from Latin elus-, past participle stem of eludere (see elude) + -ive. Related: Elusiveness.
- adj evasive, mysterious
- Who among them could recognise the unknown, elusive bandit, Fantômas?
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
- His only diversion was fishing for the elusive rainbow trout.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
- The sound of knocking had been faint, elusive, reflected Byrne.
- Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad
- But even to his acute sense of hearing the sound was too elusive.
- Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
- Sam was volatile and elusive; his industry of an erratic kind.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- At the same instant came an elusive whiff of pungency on the chill.
- Extract from : « The House in the Water » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- The world resembled a limitless flat shadow which was motionless and elusive.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- It is too great and too elusive to be embraced and taken to a human breast.
- Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
- This was all that I could distinguish, and of this only the most elusive glimpse was to be had.
- Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell
- The elusive but happy medium is the work of the socially well-trained.
- Extract from : « The Etiquette of To-day » by Edith B. Ordway
Antonyms for elusive
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