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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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: 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. But for all their influence, D.C. lobbyists have failed to attain one elusive goal: public respect.
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.
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.
Something or someone that is elusive is difficult to find, describe, remember, or achieve.
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.
