elusive

elusive

adjective

Definition of ELUSIVE

hard to find, capture, or isolate <the giant squid is one of the ocean's most elusive inhabitants>

Synonyms evasive, fugitive, slippery

Related Words cagey (also cagy), shifty; ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, impermanent, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory; inaccessible, inconvenient, unapproachable, unattainable, unavailable, unobtainable, unreachable, untouchable

Near Antonyms accessible, approachable, attainable, available, convenient, obtainable, reachable