elusive
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
difficult to describe
a haunting elusive odor
Related & opposite
- elusiveness derivation
- elude derivation
- unidentifiable similar to
Sense 2 adjective
skillful at eluding capture
a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist
Related & opposite
- elusiveness derivation
- elude derivation
- artful similar to
Sense 3 adjective
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
Related & opposite
- elusiveness derivation
- elude derivation
- impalpable similar to
Sense 4 adjective
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
a baffling problem
Related & opposite
- formidability derivation
- complicatedness derivation
- problem derivation
- difficult similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elusiveness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elude |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unidentifiable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | elusiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | elude |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | artful |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | elusiveness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | elude |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | impalpable |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | formidability |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | complicatedness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | problem |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | difficult |