EVASIVE Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

evasive

adjective

i-ˈvā-siv

Definition of evasive

as in elusive

hard to find, capture, or isolate believers in Bigfoot have never quite explained how such a large creature can be so evasive

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Recent Examples of evasive UUVs run quieter, operate at varied depths, and can be programmed for evasive behavior. — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026 Today’s astro-weather encourages us to be emotionally intelligent without being evasive. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026 In ever-busier Lisbon, where the term off-season has lost all meaning, a relaxed pace of life can be frustratingly evasive. — Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 James Blair, the former White House political director who left his government job to coordinate the president’s midterm efforts, was evasive in an interview with Sean Spicer, a former Republican spokesman who hosts a podcast. — Thomas Beaumont, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for evasive

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elusive

Adjective

Johnson was elusive Saturday while slipping off multiple would-be tacklers — a quality the Chiefs’ backs lacked in 2025.

— Jesse Newell, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Recently, physicists at the US Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have used the Muon g-2 experiment to look for one of the most elusive properties of the muon—its electric dipole moment (EDM).

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

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