All fugitive synonyms
fuΒ·giΒ·tive
F f adj fugitive
- transient β not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory.
- wanted β to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- short β having little length; not long.
- temporary β an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.
- flying β making flight or passing through the air; that flies: a flying insect; an unidentified flying object.
- brief β Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
- volatile β evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent.
- passing β going by or past; elapsing: He was feeling better with each passing day.
- criminal β A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
- wandering β moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling: wandering tourists.
- fleeting β swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- flitting β to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower.
- hot β having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- impermanent β not permanent or enduring; transitory.
- momentary β lasting but a moment; very brief; fleeting: a momentary glimpse.
- moving β capable of or having movement: a moving object.
- planetary β of, relating to, or resembling a planet or the planets.
- short-lived β living or lasting only a little while.
noun fugitive
- deserter β A deserter is someone who leaves their job in the armed forces without permission.
- refugee β a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
- outcast β a falling out; quarrel.
- recluse β a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- outlaw β a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
- stray β to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- fly-by-night β not reliable or responsible, especially in business; untrustworthy: a fly-by-night operation.
- waif β a person, especially a child, who has no home or friends.
- transient β not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory.
- vagabond β wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic: a vagabond tribe.
- derelict β A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.
- truant β a student who stays away from school without permission.
- runaway β a person who runs away; fugitive; deserter.
- hermit β a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- walkout β a strike by workers.
- dodger β a person who dodges.
- escapee β A person who has escaped from somewhere, especially prison.
- absconder β to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution: The cashier absconded with the money.
- exile β The state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.
- evacuee β A person evacuated from a place of danger to somewhere safe.
- escaper β Person who escapes.
- emigre β One who has departed their native land, often as a refugee.
adjective fugitive
- elusive β Difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
- quick β done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- fleeing β Present participle of flee.
- ephemeral β An ephemeral plant.
- avoiding β Present participle of avoid.
- errant β Erring or straying from the proper course or standards.
- erratic β Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.
- escaping β Present participle of escape.
- evading β Present participle of evade.
- evanescent β Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.