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Synonyms for fugitive
ˈfyu dʒɪ tɪvfugi·tive
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
fugitive
Transient and transitory are both derived from the same original source (Latin trans, over, and eo, go), denoting that which quickly passes or is passing away, but there is between them a fine shade of difference. A thing is transient which in fact is not lasting; a thing is transitory which by its very nature must soon pass away; a thing is temporary (Latin tempus, time) which is intended to last or be made use of but a little while; as, a transient joy; this transitory life; a temporary chairman. Ephemeral (Greek epi, on, and hemera, day) literally lasting but for a day, often marks more strongly than transient exceeding brevity of duration; it agrees with transitory in denoting that its object is destined to pass away, but is stronger, as denoting not only its certain but its speedy extinction; thus that which is ephemeral is looked upon as at once slight and perishable, and the word carries often a suggestion of contempt; man's life is transitory, a butterfly's existence is ephemeral; with no solid qualities or worthy achievements a pretender may sometimes gain an ephemeral popularity. That which is fleeting is viewed as in the act of passing swiftly by, and that which is fugitive (Latin fugio, flee) as eluding attempts to detain it; that which is evanescent (Latin evanesco, from e, out, and vanus, empty, vain) as in the act of vanishing even while we gaze, as the hues of the sunset.
Synonyms:
brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, flitting, flying, momentary, passing, short, temporary, transient, transitoryAntonyms:
abiding, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, lasting, permanent, perpetual, persistent, undying, unfading
Princeton's WordNet
fugitive, runaway, fleernoun
someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
"fugitives from the sweatshops"
Synonyms:
walkaway, romp, fleer, runaway, shoo-in, laugher, fugitive from justice, blowoutAntonyms:
longfugitive, fugitive from justiceadjective
someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
Synonyms:
fleer, fugitive from justice, runawayAntonyms:
longfleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentaryadjective
lasting for a markedly brief time
"a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"
Synonyms:
fleeting, momentaneous, momentaryAntonyms:
long
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
fugitiveadjective
Synonyms:
fleeing, evanescent, short-lived, fugacious, volatile, ephemeral, impermanent, transientfugitivenoun
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#746 | short | |
#2436 | brief | |
#3606 | temporary | |
#3992 | flying | |
#4462 | passing | |
#7724 | runner | |
#12548 | transient | |
#17929 | blowout | |
#18652 | runaway | |
#19568 | diffuse | |
#23316 | fugitive | |
#33406 | momentary | |
#34418 | fleeting | |
#37211 | romp | |
#38261 | fugitives | |
#39014 | ephemeral | |
#39392 | fleer | |
#45661 | transitory | |
#46139 | harbin | |
#81518 | deserter | |
#94062 | evanescent | |
#106543 | flitting | |
#208228 | walkaway | |
#231824 | laugher |
How to use fugitive in a sentence?
If there is a fugitive in a crowd…if we can use facial recognition to spot them in a crowd.
But wherefore thou alone Wherefore with theeCame not all hell broke loose Is pain to themLess pain, less to be fled, or thou than theyLess hardy to endure Courageous chief,The first in flight from pain, hadst thou allegedTo thy deserted host this cause of flight,Thou surely hadst not come sole fugitive.
I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.
He was a fugitive, living in the jungle, but it's an important step in terms of (Peña Nieto's) credibility.
A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted.
Translations for fugitive
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- vlugtelingAfrikaans
- هاربArabic
- ҡасҡынBashkir
- кракотраен, бегъл, беглец, преходенBulgarian
- uprchlíkCzech
- ffoadurWelsh
- flygtning, flygtigDanish
- Flüchtling, vorübergehend, kurzlebig, flüchtigGerman
- φυγάςGreek
- fugitivoSpanish
- karkulainen, pakolainenFinnish
- fugitif, fugitive, fuyant, éphémèreFrench
- fògarrachScottish Gaelic
- מבוקש, עבריין נמלטHebrew
- szokevényHungarian
- փախստականArmenian
- latitanteItalian
- 逃亡者Japanese
- ತಲೆತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಂಡವನುKannada
- 도망자Korean
- taurewaMāori
- voortvluchtige, voortvluchtig, vluchteling, vluchtig, vluchtelinge, voorbijgaandDutch
- flyktig, rømling, diffusNorwegian
- zbieg, uciekinierPolish
- efêmero, foragido, fugitivo, esquivoPortuguese
- беглянка, беглец, беглыйRussian
- begunka, begunac, begunicaSerbo-Croatian
- arratisurAlbanian
- втікачUkrainian
- 逃犯Chinese
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