fugitive

1. 1.

   lasting for a markedly brief time

   “a fleeting glance”

   “fugitive hours”

   “rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass”

   “a momentary glimpse”

   Synonymsfleetingmomentaneousmomentary

   Similarshort

Other forms of fugitive

plural

fugitives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fugitive

What does fugitive mean?

fugitive means "someone who flees from an uncongenial situation". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fugitive?

fugitive has 3 syllables: fu-gi-tive. The stress falls on "fu". In IPA it is /ˈfjudʒətɪv/.

What is another word for fugitive?

Close synonyms include runaway, fleer, fugitive from justice, fleeting, momentaneous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fugitive a common word?

fugitive is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.