elusive

Meaning

  1. Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
  2. Difficult to make precise.
  3. Rarely seen.

Synonyms

evasive
C2
subtle
C1
slippery
C1
tough
A2
baffling
27k
knotty
deceitful
21k
avoiding
C1
problematic
C2
illusive
problematical
slick
C1
illusory

difficult to understand

dim
C2
dusk
C2
elusory
evanescent
faint
B2
fall
A2
fallacious
fraudulent
23k
fugitive
C1
gloomy
C2
haze
C2
hollow
C1
intangible
38k
murky
22k
obscure
C2
phantom
C1
shadowy
25k
specious
tricky
C1
twilight
C1

phantom-like

mirky

be evasive

difficult to catch

abstruse
crepuscle
blear
blurred
C2
blurry
C2
catchy
C2
cloudy
C2
☁️
colorable
crepuscule
cryptic
21k
dark
A2
darkness
B1
Translations

évasif
huidizo

schwer fassbar

elusivo
ingannevole
unglaublich
esquivo
elusivo
sfuggente
مراوغ
trügerisch
ilusório
insaisissable
fuyant
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪˈl(j)uː.sɪv/
Etymology

From Latin elusus past participle of eludo (“to parry a blow, to deceive”).

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