Illusive
adjective
Something that appears real or possible but is not in fact so.
The weight loss promises by this product turned out to be illusive.
Often appears as...
- illusive dream
- illusive promises
adjective
Achieved or produced by illusion, not real.
The light of the sunrise created an illusive silhouette on the horizon.
Often appears as...
- illusive silhouette
- illusive beauty
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Poetic
adjective
Something that appears real or possible but is not in fact so.
The weight loss promises by this product turned out to be illusive.
Often appears as...
- illusive dream
- illusive promises
adjective
Achieved or produced by illusion, not real.
The light of the sunrise created an illusive silhouette on the horizon.
Often appears as...
- illusive silhouette
- illusive beauty
Usage tips
Poetic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3False Appearance
Refers to something that seems real but deceives the senses or mind.
Her kind behavior was illusive, hiding her true intentions.
Pro Tip 2/3Overoptimistic Hopes
Used to describe hopes or goals that are enticing but unrealistic.
His plan for early retirement was an illusive goal.
Pro Tip 3/3Marketing Tricks
Can refer to tricky advertising that makes products appear better than they are.
Discounts during the sale seemed illusive with the hidden costs.
Pro Tip 1/3False Appearance
Refers to something that seems real but deceives the senses or mind.
Her kind behavior was illusive, hiding her true intentions.
Pro Tip 2/3Overoptimistic Hopes
Used to describe hopes or goals that are enticing but unrealistic.
His plan for early retirement was an illusive goal.
Pro Tip 3/3Marketing Tricks
Can refer to tricky advertising that makes products appear better than they are.
Discounts during the sale seemed illusive with the hidden costs.
Pro Tip 1/3False Appearance
Refers to something that seems real but deceives the senses or mind.
Her kind behavior was illusive, hiding her true intentions.
Pro Tip 2/3Overoptimistic Hopes
Used to describe hopes or goals that are enticing but unrealistic.
His plan for early retirement was an illusive goal.
Pro Tip 3/3Marketing Tricks
Can refer to tricky advertising that makes products appear better than they are.
Discounts during the sale seemed illusive with the hidden costs.
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Video examples
Eye vs. camera - Michael...
of coevolution with our brains. And so what if we don't always see the world exactly as it is. There's a certain joy to be found watching stationary leaves waving on an illusive breeze,
Video examples
Eye vs. camera - Michael...
of coevolution with our brains. And so what if we don't always see the world exactly as it is. There's a certain joy to be found watching stationary leaves waving on an illusive breeze,
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Quote examples
Melanne Verveer
American Activist
Studies demonstrate that as gaps are being closed between men and women - in access to education, in health, even in economic participation - the most difficult gap to close is in political participation. Somehow that sharing of raw power, political power, remains very illusive.
Quote examples
David Josiah Brewer
American Judge
The phonograph and kinetoscope may some day seize and perpetuate all save the magnetic touch, but that weird, illusive, indefinable yet wonderfully real power by which the orator subdues may never be caught by science or preserved for the cruel dissecting knife of the critic.
Quote examples
Ang Lee
Chinese Director
My cultural roots are something illusive.
Quote examples
Melanne Verveer
American Activist
Studies demonstrate that as gaps are being closed between men and women - in access to education, in health, even in economic participation - the most difficult gap to close is in political participation. Somehow that sharing of raw power, political power, remains very illusive.
Quote examples
David Josiah Brewer
American Judge
The phonograph and kinetoscope may some day seize and perpetuate all save the magnetic touch, but that weird, illusive, indefinable yet wonderfully real power by which the orator subdues may never be caught by science or preserved for the cruel dissecting knife of the critic.
Quote examples
Ang Lee
Chinese Director
My cultural roots are something illusive.
Example 1 of 3
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