Evasive
Evasive adjective - Hard to find, capture, or isolate.
Periphrastic and evasive are semantically related. in roundabout topic. In some cases you can use "Periphrastic" instead an adjective "Evasive".
Periphrastic
Periphrastic adjective - Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy.
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Synonyms for Periphrastic
Evasive and periphrastic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Evasive" instead an adjective "Periphrastic".
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Related pairs
- obscure and evasive
- obscure and periphrastic
- ambiguous and evasive
- ambiguous and periphrastic
- crooked and evasive
- crooked and periphrastic
- sneaky and evasive
- sneaky and periphrastic
- devious and evasive
- devious and periphrastic
- indirect and evasive
- indirect and periphrastic
- tortuous and evasive
- tortuous and periphrastic
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