illusive

Speech parts

1. illusive - Adjective

2. illusive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

illusory unreal imaginary misleading visionary fanciful shadowy fallacious specious chimerical deceptive seeming hallucinatory phantasmagoric unsubstantial
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Antonyms

real heavy poor substantial absolute rough
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Examples

All male friendships are essentially quixotic: they last only so long as each man is willing to polish the shaving-bowl helmet, climb on his donkey, and ride off after the other in pursuit of illusive glory and questionable adventure. Michael Chabon

If you will observe, it doesn't take A man of giant mould to make A giant shadow on the wall; And he who in our daily sight Seems but a figure mean and small, Outlined in Fame's illusive light, May stalk, a silhouette sublime, Across the canvas of his time. John Townsend Trowbridge

I keep some portion of my early gleam; Brokenly bright, like moonbeams on a river, It lights my life, a far illusive dream, Moves as I move, and leads me on forever. John Townsend Trowbridge

The militarization of our law enforcement is due to an unprecedented expansion of government power in this realm. ... Americans must never sacrifice their liberty for an illusive and dangerous, or false, security. Rand Paul

No, love is an ephemeral and illusive concept, it doesn't last; lust lasts. Khushwant Singh

My cultural roots are something illusive. Ang Lee

Close letter words and terms

illusionless illusionlessness illusionlike illusively illusiveness illusorily