fugitive

fugitive

adjective

Definition of FUGITIVE

1

hard to find, capture, or isolate <that fugitive trait called artistic creativity>

Synonyms evasive, fugitive, slippery

Related Words cagey (also cagy), shifty; ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, impermanent, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory; inaccessible, inconvenient, unapproachable, unattainable, unavailable, unobtainable, unreachable, untouchable

Near Antonyms accessible, approachable, attainable, available, convenient, obtainable, reachable

2

lasting only for a short time <had fugitive thoughts of leaving town after finishing high school but never acted on them>

Synonyms brief, deciduous, ephemeral, evanescent, flash, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, passing, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory

Related Words little, short, shortish; acting, interim, provisional, short-term

Near Antonyms lifelong; continuing, durable, persistent; imperishable, indefectible, indestructible

Antonyms ceaseless, dateless, deathless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, lasting, long-lived, permanent, perpetual, timeless, undying, unending

3

traveling from place to place <a small fugitive circus that traveled the countryside>

Synonyms ambulant, ambulatory, errant, fugitive, gallivanting (also galavanting), nomad, nomadic, perambulatory, peregrine, peripatetic, ranging, roaming, roving, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring

Related Words drifting, footloose, meandering, rambling; sauntering, strolling, traipsing, walking; migrant, migratory

Near Antonyms immobile, nonmoving, settled, standing, static, stationary; motionless, still