FUGITIVE Synonyms
There are 23 hypernyms of the word fugitive. (close relations)
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runaway | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • an easy victory • someone who flees from an uncongenial situation adjective satellite • completely out of control | ||||||||
absconder | nounn | |||||||
noun • a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution | ||||||||
defector | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | ||||||||
deserter | nounn | |||||||
noun • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. • a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | ||||||||
escapee | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who escapes | ||||||||
refugee | nounn | |||||||
noun • an exile who flees for safety | ||||||||
evader | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
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fleer | verbv | |||||||
noun • contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words • someone who flees from an uncongenial situation verb • to smirk contemptuously | ||||||||
fleeting | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • lasting for a markedly brief time | ||||||||
momentaneous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • lasting for a markedly brief time | ||||||||
momentary | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • lasting for a markedly brief time | ||||||||
nomad | nounn | |||||||
noun • a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons | ||||||||
wanderer | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who leads a wandering unsettled life • a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine | ||||||||
fugitive from justice | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice |