Antonyms for elusive
ɪˈlu sɪv; -sə ri, -zə-elu·sive

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1. elusiveadjective

   difficult to describe

   "a haunting elusive odor"

   Antonyms:
   palpable, easy, tangible, identifiable, artless

   Synonyms:
   tough, knotty, problematical, subtle, baffling, problematic

2. elusiveadjective

   skillful at eluding capture

   "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline

   Antonyms:
   palpable, artless, identifiable, tangible, easy

   Synonyms:
   tough, knotty, problematical, subtle, baffling, problematic

3. elusive, subtleadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   easy, identifiable, artless, tangible, palpable

   Synonyms:
   pernicious, baffling, problematic, knotty, tough, insidious, subtle, problematical

4. baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, toughadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   easy, palpable, tangible, identifiable, artless

   Synonyms:
   subtle, gnarled, involved, knotty, problematical, debatable, ruffianly, bad, rugged, toughened, problematic, snarly, baffling, gnarly, hard, tangled, sturdy, knobbed, tough, knotted, tortuous, convoluted, snarled

How to use elusive in a sentence?

1. Research Rasmus Kleis Nielsen:

   This means sustainable business models remain elusive even for those who succeed in building an audience.

2. Muriel Spark:

   One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must live it to the full.

3. Dallas Woodhouse:

   I think it is perilous to our system of democratic government for the courts to reassign political power that was won at the ballot box by one party based on what the court thinks is fairness, because that's elusive, i think you have to be concerned that more and more of the state courts are being attempted to be used to settle political disputes for one party when they were unsuccessful at the ballot box.

4. French Open:

   I think tomorrow is a bigger moment for Simona Halep than it is for American Sloane Stephens, simona Halep has had three crushing losses in Grand Slam finals, Simona Halep is still searching for the elusive Grand Sam title.

5. Bobby Tudor:

   Deals have been elusive because buyers are both few in number and highly cautious.

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