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Showing words for ELUSORY using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Elusory

elusory

6 Letter Words for Elusory

loures, lusory, roules, sorely, sourly, surely

5 Letter Words for Elusory

eorls, euros, eusol, lores, loser, louey, loure, lours, louse, lousy, lures, luser, lyres, orles, orsel, ousel, oyers, roles, rosel, roues, roule, rouls, rouse, ruely, rules, seoul, slour, sluer, soler, sorel, souly, soyle, surly, yores, youre, yours, youse, yules

4 Letter Words for Elusory

eorl, eros, euro, leos, leys, lore, lors, lory, lose, lour, loys, lues, lure, lurs, lyes, lyre, lyse, oles, ores, orle, orly, ours, oyer, oyes, rely, roes, roey, role, rose, rosy, roue, roul, rous, rues, rule, ruly, ruse, ryes, seor, sero, sley, sloe, slue, slur, sole, sore, sory, soul, sour, suer, suey, sure, syre, ueys, ules, ures, urol, user, yeso, yore, your, yous, yule

3 Letter Words for Elusory

els, eos, ers, esr, esu, eyl, eyr, leo, ler, les, leu, ley, loe, lor, los, loy, lue, luo, lur, lye, lys, oer, oes, ole, ore, orl, ors, ory, ose, our, ous, oye, oys, rel, res, rle, rly, roe, ros, rue, rye, sel, ser, sey, sle, sly, sol, sou, soy, sue, sur, sye, syl, syr, uey, ule, ure, urs, use, yeo, yer, yes, yoe, yor, yos, you, yrs, yue, yus

Definitions for Elusory

[1] eluding or failing to allow for or accommodate a clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define: an elusive concept.
[2] cleverly or skillfully evasive: a fish too elusive to catch.
[3] difficult to find: hoping that elusive donors will finally contribute.
[4] avoiding the issue; evasive elusory arguments
[5] difficult to grasp mentally; elusive elusory ideas
[6] difficult to catch an elusive thief
[7] preferring or living in solitude and anonymity
[8] difficult to remember an elusive thought

Words related to Elusory

elusivetricky, ambiguous, volatile, fleeting, puzzling, illusory, slippery, subtle, incomprehensible, unclear, deceptive, misleading, cagey, vague, false, baffling, deceitful, equivocal, evanescent, fallacious

Words nearby Elusory

elusiveelude, eluent, elul, elura, elusion, elusive, elusory, elute, elution, elutriate, elutriator

Origin of Elusory

iveFirst recorded in 1710–20; elus(ion) + -ive

Words that may be confused with Elusory

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, elusiveelusive, illusory

Other words from Elusory

e·lu·sive·ly , adverb
e·lu·sive·ness , noun
non·e·lu·sive , adjective
non·e·lu·sive·ly , adverb
non·e·lu·sive·ness , noun
un·e·lu·sive , adjective
un·e·lu·sive·ly , adverb
un·e·lu·sive·ness , noun
un·e·lu·so·ry , adjective

Synonyms for Elusory

ambiguous, fleeting, illusory, incomprehensible, puzzling, slippery, subtle, tricky, volatile, baffling, cagey, deceitful, deceptive, difficult to catch, equivocal, evanescent, fallacious, fraudulent, fugacious, fugitive, greasy, imponderable, indefinable, insubstantial, intangible, misleading, occult, phantom, shifty, shy, stonewalling, transient, transitory, unspecific