Reverse Dictionary: ELUSIVE

ADJECTIVES
1605 — TANTALEAN — TANTALIAN pertaining to Tantalus; only apparently reachable; tantalizing, elusive
1646 — LUBRICOUS  shifty; unstable; elusive
..20C — TEFLON immune to criticism; elusive → US sl.
1906 — SLICK AS AN EEL deceptive, shrewd, elusive → Amer. dial.
1952 — SLEEK AS AN EEL deceptive, shrewd, elusive → Amer. dial.

NOUNS
1613 — LUBRICITY shiftiness; unsteadiness, instability; elusiveness

​NOUNS – PERSON
1682 — NIMBLE JACK an elusive person → obs.
1933 — EEL an elusive, shrewd, sly, or deceptive person; a treacherous person → Amer. dial., usually derogatory
1966 — SLIPPERY EEL an elusive, shrewd, sly, or deceptive person → Amer. dial., usually derogatory
2004 — WILL O’ THE WISP an elusive or deceptive person (Bk.)

PHRASES
1993 — HAVE A WET EEL BY THE TAIL to grasp something elusive; to attempt a virtual impossibility → Amer. dial.