FUGITIVE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • someone who is sought by law officers
   • someone trying to elude justice
   Synonym(s)
   • fugitive from justice (what does fugitive from justice mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) fugitive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • criminal (what does criminal mean?)
   • felon (what does felon mean?)
   • crook (what does crook mean?)
   • outlaw (what does outlaw mean?)
   • malefactor (what does malefactor mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • absconder (what does absconder mean?)
   • escapee (what does escapee mean?)
2. Meaning
   • someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
   Synonym(s)
   • runaway (what does runaway mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • fugitives from the sweatshops
   Hypernyms(s) fugitive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • person (what does person mean?)
   • individual (what does individual mean?)
   • someone (what does someone mean?)
   • somebody (what does somebody mean?)
   • mortal (what does mortal mean?)
   • human (what does human mean?)
   • soul (what does soul mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • run (what does run mean?)
   • scarper (what does scarper mean?)
   • turn tail (what does turn tail mean?)
   • lam (what does lam mean?)
   • run away (what does run away mean?)
   • hightail it (what does hightail it mean?)
   • bunk (what does bunk mean?)
   • head for the hills (what does head for the hills mean?)
   • take to the woods (what does take to the woods mean?)
   • escape (what does escape mean?)
   • fly the coop (what does fly the coop mean?)
   • break away (what does break away mean?)

FUGITIVE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • lasting for a markedly brief time
   Synonym(s)
   • fleeting (what does fleeting mean?)
   • momentaneous (what does momentaneous mean?)
   • momentary (what does momentary mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a fleeting glance
   • fugitive hours
   • rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass
   • a momentary glimpse
   Similar To
   • short (what does short mean?)