What does "fugitive" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "fugitive"?

Common synonyms include: nomad, runaway, runaway, absconder, abscotchalater, abscotchalater.

How do you pronounce "fugitive"?

Pronounced //ˈfjuːd͡ʒɪtɪv//.

Fugitive

//ˈfjuːd͡ʒɪtɪv// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

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.
"“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!”"
2
someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice wordnet
3
someone who flees from an uncongenial situation wordnet

Verb

1
To render someone a fugitive; to drive into escape or exile. transitive
"Her son Thomas was fugitived in the persecution."

Adjective

1
Fleeing or running away; escaping.
"I found afterwards that he was the chauffeur, who filled the gaps left by a succession of fugitive butlers."
2
Transient, fleeting or ephemeral.
3
Elusive or difficult to retain.