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To help you avoid using the same word too repetitively, redundantly, recurrently, incessantly, etc., etc.

Why synonyms can be useful

Your writing can sound boring if you continually keep repeating the same words. When you create sentences, you can make them more interesting by using words that mean the same as the word you are speaking about. This allows you to add flavor to your writing.

In order to make language a lot more expressive and interesting you should try to vary the words you use as often as you can.

Synonyms for (adjective) elusive

Synonyms: elusive Definition: skillful at eluding capture Usage: a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist- David Kline

Hypernyms: artful Definition: marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft Usage: the artful dodger; an artful choice of metaphors

Synonyms: elusive, tough, baffling, problematic, problematical, knotty Definition: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe Usage: a baffling problem; I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast; a problematic situation at home

Hypernyms: difficult, hard Definition: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure Usage: a difficult task; nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access; difficult times; why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?

Synonyms: elusive Definition: difficult to describe Usage: a haunting elusive odor

Hypernyms: unidentifiable Definition: impossible to identify

Synonyms: elusive, subtle Definition: difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze Usage: his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change; a subtle difference; that elusive thing the soul

Hypernyms: impalpable Definition: imperceptible to the senses or the mind Usage: an impalpable cloud; impalpable shadows; impalpable distinctions; as impalpable as a dream