FUGITIVES Synonyms
There are 11 hypernyms of the word fugitives. (close relations)
fugitive
Best Alternative Words for FUGITIVES
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absconders | nounn | |||||||
noun • a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution | ||||||||
deserters | 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) | ||||||||
escapees | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who escapes | ||||||||
exiles | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country • a person who is expelled from home or country by authority • the act of expelling a person from their native land verb • expel from a country | ||||||||
outlaws | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime adjective satellite • contrary to or forbidden by law • disobedient to or defiant of law verb • declare illegal; outlaw | ||||||||
refugees | nounn | |||||||
noun • an exile who flees for safety | ||||||||
renegades | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. adjective satellite • having deserted a cause or principle verb • break with established customs | ||||||||
runaways | nounn | |||||||
noun • an easy victory • someone who flees from an uncongenial situation adjective satellite • completely out of control | ||||||||
runaway | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • an easy victory • someone who flees from an uncongenial situation adjective satellite • completely out of control | ||||||||
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 |