untrappable
Impossible to snare
Untrappable describes something or someone that cannot be caught, cornered, or ensnared.
The term applies literally to animals or people who evade physical traps, but more often appears figuratively: an untrappable politician dodges questions that might force damaging admissions, while an untrappable point guard slips past defenders who try to double-team.
The word suggests not just evasion but a quality of being inherently impossible to pin down.
Cannot be seized
- slipperyLacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- evasiveAvoiding direct response
- elusiveHard to find
- intangibleNot physically present
uncontainable · ethereal · ghostly · phantom · vaporous · shadowy · nebulous · wily
Flight from captivity
- liberationRelease from constraint
- breakoutSudden escape from restraint
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
unchainable · unbindable · unconfined · unrestrainable · unfettered · unshackled · sanctuary · refuge
uncatchable
Cannot be seized
intangible · uncontainable · ethereal · ghostly · phantom · vaporous · shadowy · nebulous · wily · cunning
escape
Flight from captivity
- liberationRelease from constraint
- breakoutSudden escape from restraint
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
fugitive · unchainable · unbindable · unconfined · unrestrainable · unfettered · unshackled · sanctuary · refuge · asylum
untrappabletrappable
Able to be caught
catchable · capturable · snared · exposed · defenseless
untrappablecontainable
Able to be restrained
boundable · restrainable · controllable · hemmed in · penned
untrappablepredictable
Able to be foreseen
slow · cornered · sitting duck · easy prey · easy target
trap, traps, trapped, trapping, trapper, trappers, entrap, entraps, entrapped