fugitivenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfjuː.dʒə.tɪv/us/ˈfjuː.dʒə.t̬ɪv/a person who is running away or hiding from the police or a dangerous situation:
Thousands of fugitives are fleeing from the war-torn area.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were fugitives from justice (= they ran away to avoid being tried in court).
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Runaways and refugees
- abscond
- boat people
- defect
- deserter
- displaced person
- escapee
- escapism
- evacuee
- political asylum
- refugee
- refugee camp
- runaway
- transit camp
fugitiveadjective
uk/ˈfjuː.dʒə.tɪv/us/ˈfjuː.dʒə.t̬ɪv/fugitive adjective (TEMPORARY)
formal (especially of thoughts or feelings) lasting for only a short time:
a fugitive impression
Synonym
fleeting
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Temporary
- a flash in the pan idiom
- acting
- be a nine days' wonder idiom
- casual
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- flash
- here today, gone tomorrow idiom
- impermanent
- interim
- makeshift
- moment
- nine
- pop up
- scratch
- short-lived
- short-term
- sticking plaster
- stopgap
- temporary
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fugitive adjective (PERSON)
[ before noun ] relating to a fugitive:
Fugitive families who have fled the fighting in the cities are now trying to survive in the mountains.
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Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- bail out
- be at large idiom
- be on the run idiom
- flee
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- go/be run to ground idiom
- heel
- jailbreak
- leg
- loose
- shake sb/sth off
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- slip
- stand clear
- throw
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