elusive

Questions about elusive

What does elusive mean?

elusive means "difficult to describe". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in elusive?

elusive has 3 syllables: e-lu-sive. The stress falls on "lu". In IPA it is /ɪˈlusɪv/.

What is another word for elusive?

Close synonyms include subtle, baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is elusive a common word?

elusive is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with elusive?

3 words rhyme with elusive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.