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Elusive (Adjective)

Meaning 1

Difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Related Words

  • Elude (verb)
  • Elusiveness (noun)

Meaning 2

Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

  • Subtle

Related Words

  • Elude (verb)
  • Elusiveness (noun)

Meaning 3

Skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline.

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Related Words

  • Elude (verb)
  • Elusiveness (noun)

Meaning 4

Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

  • Tough
  • Knotty
  • Problematic
  • Problematical
  • Baffling
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