elusive synonyms

elusive

modif.

  1. Evasive

    slippery, tricky, evanescent, fugitive; see fleeting, sly 1, temporary.

  2. Mysterious

    baffling, intangible, imponderable, equivocal; see difficult 2, obscure 1.

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