more elusive

ADJECTIVE

evasive, mysterious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambiguous fleeting illusory incomprehensible puzzling slippery subtle tricky volatile

WEAK

baffling cagey deceitful deceptive difficult to catch elusory equivocal evanescent fallacious fraudulent fugacious fugitive greasy imponderable indefinable insubstantial intangible misleading occult phantom shifty shy stonewalling transient transitory unspecific

Antonyms

STRONGEST

definite honest intelligible stable understandable

WEAK

attracting confronting encountering enticing facing inviting

Example Sentences

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more elusive

Even though first-time buyers are set to get more help, their first home may be more elusive.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The closer you look the more elusive the actual definition is.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

A pause now looks increasingly probable, and consensus is more elusive than ever.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

For many L.A. restaurants, including Botanica in Silver Lake, solvency is more elusive than ever because of the elevated costs of doing business.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024

They are finding the American dream of moving up far more elusive than it was for Zannikos.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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