Dictionary Entry
fugitive
fugitive is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 18 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor.
- 2adjective
Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea.
- 3noun
One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
- 4noun
Something hard to be caught or detained.
- 5noun
someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
- 6noun
someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
"fugitives from the sweatshops"
- 7adjective
lasting for a markedly brief time
"a fleeting glance"
"fugitive hours"
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