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illusive
illusivedeceptive; misleading: an illusive alibi; false; unreal; imaginary: an illusive reference to ghosts and goblins Not to be confused with:allusive – having reference to something implied or referred: The clever remark was allusive to Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew.elusive – hard to express or define: an elusive concept; tricky, slippery; baffling; shifty: an elusive felon
illusivedeceptive, misleading; of the nature of an illusion; unreal; false; imaginary; fancied: an illusive appearance of the deceased during a séance. Not to be confused with:elusive – hard to express: an elusive concept; cleverly evasive: an elusive con man; tricky, slippery, shifty, bafflingil·lu·sive E0097400 (ĭ-lo͞o′sĭv)adj. Illusory. il·lu′sive·ly adv.il·lu′sive·ness n.il•lu•sive (ɪˈlu sɪv) adj. illusory. [1670–80] il•lu′sive•ly, adv. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | illusive - based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy"illusoryunreal - lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news" |
illusiveadjective1. Of, relating to, or in the nature of an illusion; lacking reality:chimeric, chimerical, delusive, delusory, dreamlike, hallucinatory, illusory, phantasmagoric, phantasmal, phantasmic, visionary.2. Tending to lead one into error:deceptive, delusive, delusory, fallacious, illusory, misleading.3. Tending to deceive; of the nature of an illusion:delusive, delusory, illusory.TranslationsMedicalSeeillusoryillusive
Synonyms for illusiveadj of, relating to, or in the nature of an illusion; lacking realitySynonyms- chimeric
- chimerical
- delusive
- delusory
- dreamlike
- hallucinatory
- illusory
- phantasmagoric
- phantasmal
- phantasmic
- visionary
adj tending to lead one into errorSynonyms- deceptive
- delusive
- delusory
- fallacious
- illusory
- misleading
adj tending to deceive; of the nature of an illusionSynonymsSynonyms for illusiveadj based on or having the nature of an illusionSynonymsRelated Words |