elusive

English Thesaurus

1. skillful at eluding capture (adj.all)

similar	:	artful,
definition	:	marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft (adj.all)

2. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe (adj.all)

similar	:	difficult, hard,
definition	:	not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure (adj.all)

3. difficult to describe (adj.all)

similar	:	unidentifiable,
definition	:	impossible to identify (adj.all)

4. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze (adj.all)

similar	:	impalpable,
definition	:	imperceptible to the senses or the mind (adj.all)

5. skillful at eluding capture (adj.all)

derivation	:	elusiveness,
definition	:	the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	bilk, elude, evade,
definition	:	escape, either physically or mentally (verb.motion)

6. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe (adj.all)

derivation	:	formidability, toughness,
definition	:	impressive difficulty (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness,
definition	:	puzzling complexity (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	job, problem,
definition	:	a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved (noun.state)

7. difficult to describe (adj.all)

derivation	:	elusiveness,
definition	:	the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	elude, escape,
definition	:	be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by (verb.stative)

8. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze (adj.all)

derivation	:	elusiveness,
definition	:	the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	elude, escape,
definition	:	be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by (verb.stative)

9. skillful at eluding capture (adj.all)

derivation	:	elusiveness,
definition	:	the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	bilk, elude, evade,
definition	:	escape, either physically or mentally (verb.motion)

10. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe (adj.all)

derivation	:	formidability, toughness,
definition	:	impressive difficulty (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness,
definition	:	puzzling complexity (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	job, problem,
definition	:	a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved (noun.state)

11. difficult to describe (adj.all)

derivation	:	elusiveness,
definition	:	the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	elude, escape,
definition	:	be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by (verb.stative)

12. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze (adj.all)

derivation	:	elusiveness,
definition	:	the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	elude, escape,
definition	:	be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by (verb.stative)