| ADJECTIVE | all | fugitive, fleeting, momentaneous, momentary | lasting for a markedly brief time |
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| NOUN | person | fugitive, runaway, fleer | someone who flees from an uncongenial situation |
| person | fugitive, fugitive from justice | someone who is sought by law officers |
| Sounds | fyuw'jhahtihv; fyuw'jhihtihv | |
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| Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 301 rhymes with ihv... | |
| Meaning | lasting for a markedly brief time. | |
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| Example | "fugitive hours" | |
| Synonyms | fleeting, momentaneous, momentary | |
| Broader | short | primarily temporal sense |
| Catalan | efímer, fugaç, momentani | |
| Spanish | efímero, fugaz, momentáneo | |
| Meaning | someone who flees from an uncongenial situation. | |
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| Example | "fugitives from the sweatshops" | |
| Synonyms | runaway, fleer | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Meaning | someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice. | |
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| Synonym | fugitive from justice | |
| Narrower | absconder | A fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution |
| escapee | someone who escapes | |
| Broader | criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |