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elusive
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▲
Difficult to find, catch, or achieve
Evasive or deliberately ambiguous in nature
Difficult to describe or define
Difficult to define, perceive or visualize
Transient, not permanent in nature
Not tangible, unable to be felt by touch
Barely perceptible to the senses
Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way
Reluctant to give information owing to caution or suspicion
Sly, cautious, and secretive
Intellectually hard to comprehend or resolve
Unable to be achieved or obtained
Excessively concerned with minor details or rules
In an isolated or remote location
(
of something abstract
)
Perceived only with attention to detail or subtlety
… more ▼
▲
Adjective
▲
Difficult to find, catch, or achieve
evasive
fugitive
shifty
slippery
tricky
cagey
difficult to catch
difficult to track down
always on the move
difficult to find
hard to pin down
“There is even a personal shopping service, providing further help in tracking down that
elusive
pair of shoes.”
Adjective
▲
Evasive or deliberately ambiguous in nature
evasive
ambiguous
misleading
deceptive
equivocal
elusory
oracular
unspecific
abstract
greasy
insubstantial
stonewalling
tricky
vague
obscure
unclear
indefinite
indistinct
indeterminate
enigmatic
inexact
imprecise
inexplicit
oblique
cryptic
puzzling
roundabout
perplexing
intangible
equivocating
prevaricating
circumlocutory
circuitous
gnomic
shifty
uncertain
hazy
periphrastic
nebulous
Delphic
foggy
blurry
shadowy
murky
indistinguishable
confused
mysterious
dubious
arcane
opaque
fuzzy
confusing
indiscernible
undetermined
dark
undefined
unexplicit
tenebrous
ill-defined
dim
faint
blurred
misty
amorphous
bleary
cloudy
formless
unsure
gauzy
unsettled
unformed
nebulose
blear
shapeless
debatable
pale
distant
dreamlike
impalpable
indefinable
lacking definition
out of focus
unresolved
speculative
unpredictable
incalculable
unforeseeable
doubtful
abstruse
borderline
unknown
iffy
dicey
dodgy
indecisive
inconclusive
suspicious
in the balance
up in the air
open to question
in doubt
enigmatical
fuliginous
mystic
occult
duplicitous
inscrutable
questionable
contradictory
muddled
paradoxical
elliptic
deep
elliptical
amphibological
clouded
unintelligible
open
muzzy
disreputable
clear as mud
two-edged
double-edged
indirect
slippery
cagey
cunning
devious
shuffling
deceitful
dissembling
sophistical
casuistical
casuistic
false
noncommittal
non-committal
incomprehensible
impenetrable
unfathomable
recondite
hidden
inexplicable
esoteric
mystifying
secret
bewildering
baffling
ambivalent
uncanny
cabalistic
unknowable
concealed
sketchy
veiled
unaccountable
loose
mystical
arguable
unexplainable
woolly
UK
strange
wooly
US
open to debate
open to argument
sibylline
hermetic
riddling
unexplained
clear as dishwater
odd
insoluble
difficult
sphinxlike
covert
secretive
profound
cabbalistic
non-specific
clandestine
apocryphal
as clear as mud
hermetical
confounding
double
disingenuous
rough
approximate
general
obfuscatory
muddy
imperfect
unconfirmed
broad
obfuscated
beyond comprehension
peculiar
unestablished
indecipherable
undecided
unascertained
fathomless
Delphian
coded
hard to understand
little known
yet to be decided
hinky
polysemous
polysemic
polysemantic
multivocal
dual
unsound
some kind of
remote
weak
impressionistic
vacillating
generalized
US
twofold
recherché
weird
curious
incomplete
undisclosed
wildering
beyond understanding
undiscoverable
superficial
anagogic
dishonest
insincere
bizarre
shrouded
cloaked
cursory
impossible to understand
mysterial
ineffable
gray
US
grey
UK
hard
cryptical
inadequate
perfunctory
funny
queer
dense
ulterior
obscured
approximative
estimated
unnatural
unsolved
unspecified
uninformative
generalised
UK
teasing
stickling
stumping
sweeping
unfocused
ballpark
fraudulent
cheating
backhanded
stealthy
subjective
improbable
absurd
impossible
illogical
squishy
careless
sloppy
meaningless
inarticulate
incoherent
jumbled
intentionally misleading
garbled
blurred round the edges
coarse-grained
slurred
mumbled
ungraspable
unlimited
scrambled
illegible
senseless
unfixed
fallacious
Greek
inaudible
all Greek to me
incognizable
spurious
specious
delusive
open-ended
innumerable
inexhaustible
wide
indeterminable
undependable
delusory
wrong
inaccurate
illusory
deceiving
mock
beguiling
deluding
pseudo
distorted
misrepresentative
unstraightforward
mistakable
demagogic
catchy
distracting
more ❯
“He gave us an
elusive
answer.”
Adjective
▲
Difficult to describe or define
indefinable
undefinable
indefinite
indescribable
undescribable
unanalyzable
US
unanalysable
UK
unspecifiable
untellable
inexpressable
baffling
ambiguous
puzzling
deceptive
beyond description
beyond words
beggaring description
defying description
inexpressible
inconceivable
ineffable
unutterable
incommunicable
unspeakable
unthinkable
uncommunicable
unimaginable
inenarrable
intangible
impalpable
nameless
nondescript
unbelievable
unspecified
preternatural
unheard of
subtle
sublime
abstract
unexpressible
overwhelming
obscure
indistinct
incalculable
incorporeal
hard to describe
hard to define
more ❯
“It's not some
elusive
phenomenon that you can never grasp.”
Adjective
▲
Difficult to define, perceive or visualize
indistinct
intangible
impalpable
subtle
indescribable
indefinable
indefinite
inexpressible
nameless
unanalysable
UK
abstract
obscure
vague
unclear
mysterious
fugitive
indeterminate
uncertain
unanalyzable
US
insensible
unquantifiable
abstruse
“Mr. Ward heard Dr. Allen's voice for the first time, and it seemed to excite some vague and
elusive
memory which could not be actually placed.”
Adjective
▲
Transient, not permanent in nature
transient
brief
fleeting
momentary
temporary
transitory
ephemeral
passing
tenuous
evanescent
fugitive
volatile
non-permanent
not permanent
short-lived
fugacious
mortal
flying
short-term
perishable
deciduous
fading
fly-by-night
short
flash
inconstant
impermanent
here today, gone tomorrow
here today and gone tomorrow
quick
flitting
cursory
meteoric
temporal
fast
swift
hasty
little
rapid
limited
unstable
instantaneous
vanishing
rushed
lightning
shifting
hurried
perfunctory
mutable
summary
moving
curtailed
flashing
abrupt
sudden
short and sweet
gone in flash
in wink of an eye
acute
unenduring
wee
vaporous
flash in the pan
small
erratic
quickie
infinitesimal
succinct
fly by night
precipitous
flighty
insubstantial
episodic
interim
short-lasting
short and sharp
here-today-gone-tomorrow
short-run
overnight
short-haul
of short duration
whirlwind
prompt
over in a heartbeat
gone in a heartbeat
impulsive
“So when we get an
elusive
feeling of something resembling love, we want to hang on to it.”
Adjective
▲
Not tangible, unable to be felt by touch
impalpable
immaterial
incorporeal
intangible
insubstantial
unsubstantial
unbodied
discarnate
airy
disembodied
indefinable
unapparent
unobservable
undescribable
delicate
fine
unperceivable
imperceptible to the touch
unable to be touched
bodiless
ethereal
spiritual
nonmaterial
spectral
nonphysical
unreal
ghostly
metaphysical
aerial
unembodied
wraithlike
formless
phantom
phantasmal
supernatural
phantasmic
unearthly
shadowy
imaginary
imponderable
illusory
disincarnate
dreamlike
unfleshly
chimerical
visionary
celestial
hallucinatory
asomatous
unworldly
incorporate
apparitional
spiritlike
psychic
disbodied
dreamy
heavenly
insensible
subjective
uncorporal
transcendental
imagined
fanciful
untouchable
false
non-physical
figmental
non-existent
invented
fancied
chimeric
imperceptible
imaginal
delusive
fictive
nonexistent
supposititious
suppositious
pretended
discorporate
nebulous
made-up
non-material
inane
hypothetical
dim
uncorporeal
unphysical
invisible
evanescent
fantastical
fantasied
fictitious
fabulous
fantastic
romantic
pretend
phantasmagoric
not material
misleading
imaginative
fabricated
allegorical
ostensible
seeming
unbelievable
incredible
doubtful
mock
dreamed-up
dubious
out of this world
fake
created
artificial
improbable
sham
phoney
UK
faux
unhistoric
unhistorical
unverifiable
legendary
phony
US
make-believe
vague
illusive
indescribable
indistinct
obscure
unclear
ghostlike
ephemeral
illusionary
inexistent
spooky
otherworldly
eerie
other-worldly
creepy
uncanny
weird
ghastly
frivolous
haunted
cadaverous
deathlike
shadowlike
mystic
corpselike
mystical
transcendent
vampiric
numinous
inner
wraithy
mythical
eldritch
psychological
psychical
extramundane
platonic
refined
rarefied
saintly
pure
supernal
mythic
deceptive
eidolic
fictional
ideal
specious
fallacious
notional
fantasy
spurious
delusory
abstract
in your head
thought up
deceiving
beguiling
misconceived
deceitful
deluding
mistaken
quixotic
vain
apparent
in error
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Barely perceptible to the senses
subtle
impalpable
imperceptible
indistinguishable
slight
minute
undetectable
small
fine
inappreciable
indiscernible
unnoticeable
indistinct
faint
unapparent
inconspicuous
indefinite
vague
unperceivable
imperceivable
illusive
tenuous
implied
sheer
undistinguishable
attenuate
ethereal
inferred
attenuated
thin
barely visible
hard to make out
tiny
microscopic
infinitesimal
invisible
insensible
inaudible
minuscule
ephemeral
inconsiderable
gradual
insignificant
intangible
negligible
shadowy
unobtrusive
trivial
nanoscopic
imponderable
evanescent
inconsequential
momentary
unobservable
obscure
impossible to detect
vestigial
unclear
light
barely perceptible
odorless
US
indetectable
untraceable
stunted
shrunken
token
hidden
undiscernible
odourless
UK
teeny-weeny
teensy-weensy
unseeable
undetected
unrevealed
unviewable
not visible
teeny
wee
fuzzy
hazy
atomic
misty
blurry
dim
itsy-bitsy
nebulous
foggy
itty-bitty
bleary
weensy
microscopical
teensy
miniature
eensy-weensy
bitsy
microminiature
bitty
weeny
murky
extremely small
titchy
little-bitty
very small
tiddly
gauzy
diminutive
little bitty
little
blear
opaque
pale
undefined
undetermined
invisible to the naked eye
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way
dishonest
deceitful
duplicitous
crooked
fraudulent
underhand
deceptive
treacherous
unscrupulous
devious
shady
tricky
false
guileful
shifty
cunning
crafty
untrustworthy
wily
sneaky
unprincipled
dishonorable
US
dishonourable
UK
underhanded
insincere
slippery
dodgy
lying
unethical
bent
designing
perfidious
corrupt
disreputable
sharp
unfair
dirty
untruthful
cheating
illegal
misleading
deceiving
traitorous
subtle
shonky
mendacious
criminal
immoral
rogue
fast
knavish
unlawful
unctuous
sneaking
swindling
unjust
villainous
recreant
defrauding
rascally
amoral
slim
roguish
truthless
malfeasant
hoodwinking
sinister
backbiting
bluffing
untrusted
double-dealing
two-faced
Janus-faced
two-timing
double-crossing
double-faced
hollow-hearted
false-hearted
scheming
artful
sly
foxy
conniving
furtive
stealthy
calculating
slick
shrewd
astute
dissembling
intriguing
captious
ingenious
illusory
plotting
delusive
clever
secret
Machiavellian
disingenuous
insidious
covert
beguiling
cute
manipulative
fly
cagy
carny
evasive
mean
cagey
secretive
smooth
canny
smart
impish
mischievous
arch
wicked
base
vile
bad
evil
nefarious
degenerate
iniquitous
sinful
wrong
unsavoury
UK
despicable
unsavory
US
dubious
depraved
low
dark
foul
ignoble
vicious
contemptible
illicit
reprobate
improper
sordid
shameful
rotten
nasty
unrighteous
snide
lawless
discreditable
unconscionable
unreliable
dissolute
seedy
wrongful
faithless
questionable
hypocritical
sleazy
felonious
untrue
fishy
heinous
illegitimate
scandalous
scoundrelly
disloyal
disgraceful
unfaithful
low-down
reprehensible
abominable
ignominious
venal
dastardly
phony
US
phoney
UK
fake
black
suspicious
detestable
flagitious
suspect
debased
abhorrent
counterfeit
debauched
unsportsmanlike
unsporting
artificial
perverted
ungodly
inequitable
wretched
spurious
feigned
abject
unpleasant
shoddy
repugnant
execrable
not cricket
undependable
barbarous
diabolic
diabolical
wanton
mercenary
shameless
fiendish
malicious
outrageous
iffy
infamous
delusory
indecent
unseemly
culpable
indirect
fly-by-night
morally wrong
warped
conscienceless
grubby
clandestine
murky
against the law
cheap
sham
undignified
below the belt
rapacious
impure
seamy
hateful
unwarranted
lawbreaking
cutthroat
banned
shocking
pretended
prohibited
backhanded
indictable
scurvy
malevolent
proscribed
odious
bribable
unwholesome
dissipated
corruptible
exploitative
fallacious
thieving
squalid
corrupted
bogus
disgusting
beastly
specious
low-minded
objectionable
larcenous
profane
notorious
monstrous
sticky-fingered
unprofessional
unbecoming
delinquent
light-fingered
forbidden
unauthorized
US
deplorable
murderous
outlawed
offensive
against the rules
deep
contraband
actionable
unsanctioned
pilfering
unholy
fickle
mealy
mealymouthed
phoney-baloney
phony-baloney
double
jive
pretend
thievish
Pecksniffian
bootleg
kleptomaniacal
lip
under-the-table
surreptitious
funny
stinking
distasteful
oblique
egregious
grafting
maleficent
atrocious
snidey
shabby
unauthorised
UK
unworthy
unsound
buyable
intelligent
blameworthy
abandoned
under the counter
sacrilegious
tawdry
back-stabbing
blasphemous
sleazoid
degraded
miscreant
inglorious
left-handed
unlicensed
obnoxious
deluding
not to be trusted
predatory
fabricated
horrible
vulpine
interdicted
paltry
Punic
decadent
currish
inconstant
no good
concocted
dirty-dealing
pernicious
worthless
dissimulating
guilty
black-market
perjured
mysterious
under the table
perverse
streetwise
piratic
spoliative
plunderous
invented
irregular
apocryphal
knowing
erroneous
fibbing
inaccurate
doubtful
disagreeable
licentious
sketchy
unfounded
inhuman
inexact
irreligious
irresponsible
subversive
cowardly
impious
profligate
unconscientious
fallen
cruel
devilish
distorted
louche
godless
errant
dangerous
injurious
contriving
sorry
unofficial
sharp-witted
invalid
slimy
low-life
adulterous
adroit
servile
verboten
contrived
incorrigible
faked
economical with the truth
counterfactual
stealing
purchasable
fictitious
loathsome
peccable
nimble-fingered
fair-weather
unregenerate
not permitted
not allowed
unloyal
made up
not dependable
out of line
unjustified
unacceptable
equivocal
cooked-up
unreasonable
trumped-up
ruthless
not to be depended on
degrading
keen
repellent
appalling
uncalled for
hollow
repulsive
astucious
incorrect
unveracious
vulgar
opprobrious
unnecessary
off
snaky
sleazo
lowlife
undue
intentionally misleading
greasy
petty
noisome
scurrilous
inappropriate
suborned
salacious
ruffianly
beggarly
undesirable
queer
groundless
casuistic
ill-gotten
sophistical
cynical
defiled
trustless
unvirtuous
wayward
not candid
not frank
mean-spirited
barred
spiteful
inexorable
canting
flawed
scummy
pawky
disorderly
piratical
treasonable
violent
mock
vitiated
vindictive
erring
indefensible
avaricious
scrofulous
mistaken
transgressing
virulent
self-seeking
out of order
skillful
US
skilful
UK
off-colour
UK
simulated
punishable
factitious
baseless
seditious
imaginary
rebellious
renegade
infernal
indelicate
uncalled-for
treasonous
forged
sullied
tainted
cloak-and-dagger
glib
misrepresentative
lowly
mutinous
apostate
unconstitutional
taboo
resourceful
peccant
back-alley
poor
dexterous
US
obscene
off-color
US
demonic
harmful
cod
adopted
of dubious character
dextrous
UK
on the take
under-the-counter
black-hearted
potentially illegal
betraying
off limits
ruled out
contrary to law
snake in the grass
in violation of law
made-up
shadowy
theftuous
furacious
kleptic
hostile
salty
ornery
corruptable
grotty
serpentine
bum
raffish
terrible
dicey
buccaneering
bamboozling
macabre
Byzantine
stinky
praetorian
deviant
unjustifiable
unsatisfactory
uncandid
rough
despised
tortuous
unfrank
sagacious
condemnable
disbelieved
disturbing
blackguardly
conspiring
cowboy
intolerant
unrightful
observant
corrupting
risqué
negligent
beyond contempt
plundering
pillaging
heedful
depraving
ensnaring
perilous
wormlike
perverting
ungentlemanly
flimflam
scam
not entirely truthful
terminologically inexact
untrusty
demoralizing
US
demoralising
UK
mala fide
naughty
smutty
blamable
censurable
prevaricating
equivocating
paltering
collusive
unhonest
like a snake in the grass
undeserved
profiteering
grievous
inexcusable
humble
slavish
dual
tricksy
rudderless
uncharitable
wrongdoing
barbaric
self-righteous
sanctimonious
backstabbing
selfish
arrant
heads-up
skanky
contumelious
morally bereft
acute
fink
crazy like a fox
street-smart
street smart
prostituted
malefic
unsuitable
opportunist
crazy like fox
extortionate
open
unsportsmanly
penal
prosecutable
crass
graceless
forsworn
mythomaniac
falsehearted
malign
alert
out of turn
not on
calculated
covetous
witted
wry
unsafe
satanic
no-good
racket
inelegant
lamentable
caitiff
lame
lousy
scungy
opportunistic
unrefined
wolfish
grasping
not trustworthy
unspeakable
inventive
trashy
pitiful
plebeian
common
coarse
ugly
pretending
irreverent
adept
masterly
back-door
scabby
ratty
good-for-nothing
blackhearted
expedient
chargeable
convictable
improvised
unbefitting
indecorous
hoax
imaginative
deft
savvy
forbidding
padded
simoniac
simoniacal
breakaway
proficient
politic
double dealing
deleterious
damaging
shoplifting
pocket-picking
pinching
a bit much
non licet
baneful
hurtful
prejudicial
nocuous
adverse
noxious
baleful
out of place
not to be relied upon
blameful
rancorous
libertine
evil-minded
contemptuous
vengeful
detrimental
ill
non-existent
open to bribery
responsible
condemned
faux
experienced
trick
out of keeping
bad news
fast and loose
filching
malignant
gone to the dogs
doubting
jivey
affected
feigning
hypocritic
oily
pharisaical
unnatural
in poor taste
a bit thick
over the fence
pseudo
unqualified
inauthentic
fabulous
misguided
out
pitiable
unrespectable
flighty
Tartuffian
Pharisaical
pharisaic
Pharisaic
shy
trumped up
in error
mythological
mythical
imitation
dud
unbelieving
hideous
faulty
damnable
hellish
unreal
nonfactual
fictional
unfactual
of bad reputation
imprecise
dummy
unauthentic
unconverted
changeable
fluctuating
sceptical
UK
skeptical
US
wavering
unstable
capricious
changeful
smooth-spoken
smooth-tongued
quack
actorly
coloured
UK
colored
US
backstairs
pretentious
hidden
overdone
conspiratorial
ersatz
veiled
shrouded
exaggerated
obliquitous
gimmicky
unproven
unsubstantiated
so-called
not genuine
make-believe
pseud
ambidextrous
hugger-mugger
hole-and-corner
playing politics
put on
playing games
faking one out
not straightforward
put-on
lacking sincerity
with tongue in cheek
disputable
dubitable
anarchic
terrorist
strange
odd
debatable
doubtable
impermissible
unruly
problematic
insurrectionary
anarchical
insubordinate
disruptive
insurgent
mutinying
problematical
shaky
farfetched
anarchistic
noncompliant
revolting
nonconformist
savage
peculiar
unusual
disobedient
violating
turbulent
ungoverned
nihilistic
excessive
uncultivated
infringing
wildcat
uncivilised
UK
heavy
warlike
contumacious
criminogenic
unregulated
unpeaceful
uncivilized
US
disordered
racketeering
recusant
different
haram
tapu
under suspicion
off base
smoking gun
of doubtful honesty
open to question
rings untrue
won't wash
too much
open to doubt
not kosher
not quite right
not acceptable
without law and order
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Reluctant to give information owing to caution or suspicion
cagey
guarded
secretive
careful
cautious
chary
circumspect
evasive
non-committal
reticent
tight-lipped
wary
discreet
equivocal
heedful
prudent
vigilant
alert
watchful
considerate
conservative
gingerly
safe
calculating
attentive
observant
mindful
leery
canny
apprehensive
restrained
politic
judicious
on the lookout
hesitant
suspicious
scrupulous
on guard
reluctant
diplomatic
thoughtful
tactful
reserved
discriminating
aware
deliberate
measured
awake
softly-softly
on your toes
playing safe
on the watch
uneasy
moderate
sagacious
controlled
tentative
loath
distrustful
sceptical
UK
mistrustful
dubious
shy
doubtful
noncommittal
averse
afraid
disinclined
nervous
precautious
iffy
sage
belt-and-braces
protective
with eyes peeled
with reservations
inhibited
constrained
skeptical
US
particular
fastidious
on the qui vive
watching one's step
walking on eggs
watching out
thinking twice
keeping on one's toes
handling with kid gloves
gentle
calm
gradual
unhurried
perceptive
patient
punctilious
playing your cards close to your chest
wise
sensible
discerning
reasonable
provident
intelligent
shrewd
suspecting
forethoughtful
on the alert
delicate
strategic
wide-awake
keeping a weather eye on
all ears
walking on egg shells
hedging your bets
taking it slow
wide awake
judgmatic
judgmatical
civil
temperate
worldly-wise
kid-glove
having foresight
on lookout
not rash
overcareful
overcautious
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Sly, cautious, and secretive
furtive
secret
covert
clandestine
surreptitious
sneaky
private
undercover
stealthy
underhand
sneaking
underground
backstairs
stealth
underhanded
privy
sly
sneak
hidden
secretive
conspiratorial
black
shifty
indirect
skulking
slinking
wily
slippery
cloaked
cunning
crafty
artful
shady
masked
foxy
evasive
guileful
tricky
scheming
cautious
disguised
calculating
circumspect
creepy
insidious
hush-hush
behind-the-scenes
hugger-mugger
hole-and-corner
under wraps
under-the-table
sub-rosa
behind someone's back
under the table
cloak and dagger
hole and corner
cloak-and-dagger
devious
dishonest
duplicitous
concealed
closet
veiled
deceitful
fraudulent
unscrupulous
shrouded
crooked
on the QT
treacherous
double-dealing
deceptive
dodgy
shonky
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
back-alley
conniving
incognito
untrustworthy
dubious
slick
designing
subtle
confidential
undisclosed
snide
discreet
dark
cagey
backstair
disreputable
enigmatic
unethical
cryptic
two-faced
shrewd
mysterious
sharp
bent
slim
false
murky
Janus-faced
suspicious
dirty
unprincipled
silent
classified
unknown
fishy
dissembled
hole-in-the-corner
cheating
roguish
corrupt
Machiavellian
unrevealed
backdoor
under-the-counter
astute
insincere
quiet
unofficial
questionable
dissembling
restricted
deep
top-secret
delusive
clever
fly-by-night
camouflaged
shadowy
reticent
suspect
close
seedy
catlike
fly
inside
unfair
illegal
in ambush
sketchy
obscured
mystic
enigmatical
buried
scandalous
surprise
carny
beguiling
lying
inglorious
disingenuous
cute
rogue
snidey
cagy
contriving
traitorous
feline
top secret
fast
intriguing
mendacious
iffy
bluffing
strictly confidential
unpublished
ingenious
illusory
plotting
captious
untold
on the sly
unseen
low-down
sub rosa
clouded
covered
on the quiet
hushed
two-timing
not for publication
off the record
not to be disclosed
not for circulation
not to be made public
in secret
shorthanded
dissimulated
intelligence
nefarious
unbowed
bootleg
unlawful
quick
sideways
unauthorized
US
unauthorised
UK
spy
catty
noiseless
huggermugger
manipulative
illicit
illegitimate
cowardly
yellow
creep
underneath
slimy
uncommunicated
under the counter
mean
collusive
unhonest
incog
ulterior
anonymous
dirty-dealing
perfidious
faithless
in holes and corners
unidentified
undependable
undeclared
unprofessed
irregular
hypocritical
hidden away
mum
UK
untruthful
with a lid on
mom
US
nameless
unnamed
deceiving
unreported
inscrutable
counterfeit
knavish
smooth
unspecified
not trustworthy
not dependable
not to be depended on
faceless
not to be trusted
unreliable
fair-weather
canny
impish
arch
mischievous
smart
defrauding
fallacious
Punic
potentially illegal
of dubious character
truthless
astucious
ambiguous
occult
strange
obscure
unenlightened
unintelligible
out-of-the-way
mystical
unsung
on the side
false-hearted
double-faced
hollow-hearted
mala fide
uncanny
impenetrable
arcane
nebulous
opaque
abstruse
mystery
protected
sphinxlike
magical
closed
privileged
immoral
intimate
backstage
esoteric
nonpublic
non-committal
offstage
inconspicuous
censored
sphinx-like
non-public
behind the scenes
under one's hat
tête-à -tête
in camera
not open
close to one's chest
one-on-one
not in the public domain
unsporting
unsportsmanlike
oblique
errant
obliquitous
gimmicky
uncommunicative
reserved
below the belt
withdrawn
playing politics
put on
playing games
taciturn
unforthcoming
not straightforward
faking one out
introverted
closemouthed
guarded
introvert
clamlike
zipped
coy
tight-lipped
close-mouthed
self-contained
in chambers
non-communicative
buttoned up
tight-mouthed
clammed up
in the background
in privacy
in private
playing your cards close to your chest
in the dark
recondite
inexplicable
cabalistic
mystifying
unfathomable
incomprehensible
elliptical
Delphic
elliptic
equivocal
double-edged
puzzling
fuliginous
perplexing
baffling
confusing
vague
unclear
unaccountable
unknowable
unexplainable
bewildering
screened
unexplained
cabbalistic
coded
hermetical
sibylline
unobtrusive
hermetic
oracular
insoluble
profound
unexposed
invisible
hard to understand
as clear as mud
peculiar
odd
indistinct
anagogic
underlying
unsolved
recherché
ununiformed
intricate
complicated
abstract
difficult
plain-clothes
apocryphal
Delphian
not in view
not in sight
out of sight
out of view
little known
out of uniform
fanciful
supernatural
backroom
obfuscated
confounding
subliminal
tenebrous
weird
curious
secondary
indefinite
implied
bizarre
secreted
unexpressed
undivulged
indecipherable
shrouded in mystery
cryptical
between the lines
unapparent
fathomless
suppressed
paradoxical
funny
queer
unnoticed
unobserved
unnatural
wildering
beyond comprehension
beyond understanding
undiscoverable
unsaid
uncertain
teasing
stickling
doubtful
stumping
eclipsed
impossible to understand
mysterial
ineffable
perdu
latent
hinted at
ill-defined
subjective
complex
uninterpretable
riddling
involved
convoluted
secluded
cloistered
far-out
clear as mud
Greek to me
not easily understood
inconceivable
illegible
technical
incredible
illogical
clear as dishwater
indecisive
isolated
unrecognizable
US
shielded
unrecognisable
UK
hooded
roundabout
sinister
wormlike
perilous
ensnaring
backhanded
dangerous
snaky
remote
like a snake in the grass
sheltered
under cover
retired
knotty
wrongful
criminal
restrained
withheld
held back
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Intellectually hard to comprehend or resolve
baffling
puzzling
perplexing
impenetrable
mysterious
mystifying
inexplicable
unfathomable
incomprehensible
obscure
bewildering
enigmatic
confusing
cryptic
abstruse
unclear
unaccountable
strange
opaque
wildering
weird
unexplained
bemusing
difficult to understand
beyond one
hard to understand
over one's head
really hard
very hard
complicated
complex
difficult
intricate
involved
convoluted
knotty
inscrutable
hard
labyrinthine
thorny
arcane
unintelligible
ambiguous
elaborate
deep
tangled
tricky
recondite
insoluble
troublesome
confounding
esoteric
Byzantine
problematical
involute
Delphic
odd
tortuous
problematic
sophisticated
beyond comprehension
unexplainable
unknowable
paradoxical
enigmatical
Gordian
unsolvable
indecipherable
peculiar
mystic
equivocal
oracular
sibylline
elliptical
ticklish
Daedalian
dark
byzantine
entangled
involuted
murky
profound
occult
secret
fathomless
elliptic
tough
labyrinthian
daedal
double-edged
hidden
taxing
awkward
nebulous
baroque
confused
complicate
hairy
spiny
fuliginous
mystical
abstract
serpentine
clear as mud
unsolved
detailed
insolvable
mind-bending
sticky
delicate
incognizable
fancy
inextricable
prickly
sensitive
undecipherable
touchy
vague
dodgy
catchy
oblique
nasty
befuddling
tricksy
challenging
sphinxlike
surprising
curious
bizarre
uncanny
fiddly
inexplainable
ungraspable
unanswerable
concealed
full of twists and turns
beyond understanding
worrying
inconceivable
irksome
veiled
trying
cabalistic
bothersome
secretive
twisted
beyond one's grasp
impossible
impossible to understand
dense
disconcerting
mind-boggling
funny
formidable
astonishing
as clear as mud
unresolved
queer
disorienting
bamboozling
undefinable
indescribable
unimaginable
Greek
cabbalistic
riddling
obfuscated
beats me
uncertain
illogical
controversial
uncomprehensible
doubtful
mazy
vexatious
clandestine
hazy
winding
vexed
coded
drawn-out
hermetic
hermetical
long-drawn-out
concerning
cumbersome
interlaced
jumbled
knotted
mixed
vexing
rambling
thought-provoking
arduous
nettlesome
out of your depth
above your head
hi-tech
gnarly
Daedalean
amazing
stunning
eye-popping
staggering
unintuitive
stupefying
astounding
intractable
unnatural
inaccessible
shadowy
unresolvable
upsetting
contradictory
inconsistent
undiscoverable
frustrating
beyond you
two-edged
stealthy
unknown
misleading
clouded
shrouded
cloaked
full of surprises
cagey
subjective
mysterial
ineffable
muddling
ramified
improbable
absurd
hard to follow
mazelike
unusual
cryptical
fiendish
unpleasant
irresolvable
unconcluded
apocryphal
teasing
stickling
covert
evasive
Delphian
stumping
heavy
unparalleled
freakish
freak
extraordinary
subtle
blurring
unsettling
harassing
incalculable
freaky
fluky
labyrinthial
labyrinthical
labyrinthal
labyrinthiform
labyrinthic
uninterpretable
muddlesome
mistakable
little known
rum
spooky
without a solution
unable to be solved
like herding cats
severe
illegible
technical
incredible
indecisive
hard to solve
advanced
hard to explain
unheard-of
unwonted
uncommon
too deep
problem
messy
far-out
unrelatable
Greek to me
not easily understood
clear as dishwater
off the wall
serious
daunting
operose
strenuous
demanding
kittle
all Greek to someone
too hard to understand
double Dutch
too difficult to understand
all Greek to you
devilish
devil of a
indefinite
indistinct
dubious
indeterminate
foggy
tenebrous
amphibological
ravelled
UK
sinuous
circuitous
ornate
multifaceted
multifarious
variegated
rococo
heterogeneous
nuanced
muddled
thorough
indiscernible
raveled
US
particularized
US
painstaking
high-tech
can of worms
maze-like
mixed up
extensive
full
particular
studied
laboured
UK
exact
precise
perfected
careful
minute
skillful
US
prodigious
labored
US
circumstantial
skilful
UK
imposing
gingerbread
plotty
overworked
particularised
UK
refined
many-faceted
overdone
long-winded
highly wrought
high tech
blow-by-blow
annoying
questionable
imprecise
inexplicit
debatable
inconclusive
inexact
fuzzy
arguable
unsettled
iffy
ill-defined
borderline
unsure
equivocating
ambivalent
gnomic
chancy
muddy
blurred
open
open to debate
in doubt
muzzy
sketchy
open to question
rarefied
disputable
dubitable
deceptive
suspicious
moot
prevaricating
doubtable
false
deceitful
roundabout
circumlocutory
open to argument
periphrastic
undetermined
shifty
sophistical
cloudy
casuistic
open to doubt
intangible
woolly
UK
casuistical
imperfect
up in the air
wooly
US
hinky
polysemous
polysemic
polysemantic
in question
at issue
multivocal
recherché
unsound
between the lines
suspect
gray
US
grey
UK
shady
fishy
shaky
indirect
blurry
duplicitous
slippery
private
inner
loose
acroamatic
orphic
magical
erudite
unexplicit
disreputable
bleary
generalized
US
rough
cunning
shuffling
devious
incomplete
dissembling
remote
dim
weak
impressionistic
precarious
superficial
approximate
stonewalling
elusory
noncommittal
cursory
unpredictable
unforeseeable
indistinguishable
speculative
fallacious
undefined
spurious
unspecified
uninformative
generalised
UK
non-specific
inadequate
obfuscatory
perfunctory
specious
delusive
delusory
dicey
non-committal
up for grabs
wrong
undecided
inaccurate
illusory
contentious
deceiving
mock
beguiling
in the balance
poker-faced
deluding
unconfirmed
controvertible
pseudo
distorted
subject to debate
issuable
negotiable
disingenuous
unestablished
contestable
mootable
deadpan
a controversial subject
not yet established
a live issue
on ice
a moot point
misrepresentative
betwixt and between
a matter of opinion
on the back burner
touch-and-go
the jury's out
up for discussion
between sixes and sevens
up for debate
between rock and hard place
bone of contention
in dispute
open to discussion
unstraightforward
distracting
demagogic
blank
expressionless
impassive
unreadable
impossible to interpret
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Unable to be achieved or obtained
unreachable
unattainable
unobtainable
inaccessible
unavailable
inapproachable
untouchable
unfeasible
unachievable
unrealizable
ungettable
unapproachable
unworkable
impracticable
insurmountable
inconvenient
beyond reach
not at hand
irrealizable
unwinnable
impossible
out of the question
out of stock
ungraspable
unviable
unaccessible
out-of-the-way
impassable
uncatchable
un-get-at-able
out-of-reach
hard to find
Adjective
▲
Excessively concerned with minor details or rules
quibbling
trifling
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
captious
casuistic
evasive
prevaricative
sophistic
sophistical
carping
finicky
fussy
pedantic
fault-finding
hypercritical
pettifogging
overscrupulous
precise
critical
precisionist
scrupulous
meticulous
nit-picking
fastidious
finical
perfectionist
over-exacting
pernickety
nitpicking
punctilious
exact
hairsplitting
dogmatic
literalistic
literalist
formalist
purist
scholastic
casuistical
hair-splitting
overnice
faultfinding
censorious
disapproving
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
picky
particular
nit-picky
more ❯
Adjective
▲
In an isolated or remote location
hard to find
isolated
inaccessible
remote
faraway
unreachable
distant
out-of-the-way
difficult to get to
out of the way
far
far-off
secluded
godforsaken
lonesome
outlying
far-flung
unget-at-able
obscure
cut-off
lonely
in the booay
in the backwoods
Barcoo
in the backveld
beyond the black stump
in the platteland
in the back of beyond
off the beaten track
in the hinterlands
off the map
in the middle of nowhere
lone
in the sticks
jerkwater
in the tall timbers
removed
in the backblocks
hidden
away
beyond
god-knows-where
off the beaten path
backwoods
in a backwater
deep
off-lying
unapproachable
undiscovered
unfrequented
retired
sequestered
cloistered
private
far-out
inconvenient
solitary
disconnected
middle of nowhere
boondocks
unsettled
off beaten track
cut off
impervious
back
incommunicado
impassable
foreign
unknown
apart
frontier
uncontactable
in the depths of …
wild
outlandish
alien
deserted
desolate
concealed
undisturbed
unvisited
sheltered
secret
quiet
covert
far removed
far off
forsaken
tucked away
in the boondocks
outer
peripheral
outermost
hard-to-reach
uninhabited
out of reach
detached
external
far-removed
well away
beyond reach
neglected
unexplored
exotic
nonnative
afar
barren
unpopulated
un-get-at-able
marooned
peaceful
hard to get to
provincial
forlorn
strange
outside
abroad
withdrawn
in the distance
in the boonies
unattainable
lost
retreated
separated
uncivilised
UK
uncivilized
US
quite a ways
far flung
beyond the horizon
uninhabitable
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
of something abstract
)
Perceived only with attention to detail or subtlety
fine
subtle
narrow
tenuous
nuanced
abstruse
distinct
faint
hairsplitting
obscure
cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
fine-spun
impalpable
petty
recondite
strict
tiny
trifling
fine-drawn
finespun
hair-splitting
delicate
minute
refined
dainty
intricate
exquisite
nice
airy
precise
hairline
exact
soft
overnice
detailed
sophisticated
minuscule
ultra-fine
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