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- Dictionarye·lu·sive/əˈlo͞osiv/
adjective
- 1. difficult to find, catch, or achieve: "success will become ever more elusive" Similar
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: tending to elude: such as. a. : tending to evade grasp or pursuit. elusive prey. b. : hard to comprehend or define. c. : hard to isolate or identify. elusively adverb. elusiveness noun. Synonyms. evasive. fugitive. slippery. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of elusive in a Sentence.
Elusive definition: eluding or failing to allow for or accommodate a clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define. See examples of ELUSIVE used in a sentence.
difficult to describe, find, achieve, or remember: The answers to these questions remain as elusive as ever. Success, however, remained elusive for her. elusive memories. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unachievable. be (a) no go idiom. be on a hiding to nothing idiom. be on the road to nowhere idiom. be out of your league idiom. cat.
adjective. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe. synonyms: baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough. difficult, hard. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure. Pronunciation. US.
Something or someone that is elusive is difficult to find, describe, remember, or achieve. In London late-night taxis are elusive and far from cheap.
difficult to describe, find, achieve, or remember: The answers to these questions remain as elusive as ever. Success, however, remained elusive for her. elusive memories. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unachievable. be (a) no go idiom. be on a hiding to nothing idiom. be on the road to nowhere idiom. be out of your league idiom. cat.
adj. 1. difficult to catch: an elusive thief. 2. preferring or living in solitude and anonymity. 3. difficult to remember: an elusive thought. eˈlusively adv. eˈlusiveness n. Usage: See at illusory.
Definition of elusive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ELUSIVE definition: difficult to describe, find, achieve, or remember: . Learn more.
elusive. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English e‧lu‧sive /ɪˈluːsɪv/ adjective 1 an elusive person or animal is difficult to find or not often seen She managed to get an interview with that elusive man. 2 an elusive result is difficult to achieve She enjoys a firm reputation in this country but wider international success has ...
