Synonyms for fugitive
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Fleeting — transient, fleeting or ephemeral
fleeting, volatile, ephemeral, transitory, passing, momentary, transient, short-lived, temporary, temporal, short, flying, brief, flitting, impermanent, fugacious, momentaneous, perishable
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Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Transient, fleeting or ephemeral.
- n. 1
A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
Related words
- Phrases
- fugitive from justice
Forms
- Plural
- fugitives → runaways, fleers, wanderers, nomads…
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That which is fleeting is viewed as in the act of passing swiftly by, and that which is fugitive (L.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- volatile The situation in Morocco is actually very volatile.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fugitive | steady | |
| volatile | steady | |
| fugacious | falling | |
| momentaneous | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- short1, brief1, nomad2, fleer1
- 6 letters
- flying2, outlaw2, bandit2
- 7 letters
- passing2, refugee3, runaway3
- 8 letters
- unstable3, volatile3, temporal3, fleeting2, wanderer3, deserter3, flitting2, runagate
- 9 letters
- temporary4, wandering3, transient2, momentary4, ephemeral4, fugacious
- 10 letters
- perishable4, transitory4
- 11 letters
- impermanent
- 12 letters
- momentaneous
- 14 letters
- abscotchalater
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (nomad2 = 2 syllables).