Entry Word: elusive

Function: adjective

Meaning: hard to find, capture, or isolate <the giant squid is one of the oceanʼs most elusive inhabitants>

Synonyms evasive, fugitive, slippery

Related Words cagey (also cagy), shifty; ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, momentary, passing, short-lived, transitory; unavailable, unobtainable

Near Antonyms accessible, approachable, attainable, available, obtainable