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elusive
Synonyms and Antonyms 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
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