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Noun
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A person who has escaped from captivity or is in hiding
runaway
escapee
refugee
deserter
escaper
runagate
absconder
outlaw
renegade
abscotchalater
bolter
criminal
derelict
dodger
emigre
evacuee
exile
fly-by-night
hermit
lamster
outcast
recluse
stray
transient
truant
vagabond
waif
walkout
displaced person
hunted person
more ❯
“The officers watched in amazement as their daring fugitive escaped.”
Noun
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A person who has broken the law, especially one who remains at large or is a fugitive
outlaw
bandit
criminal
desperado
outcast
robber
brigand
crook
pariah
thief
delinquent
exile
felon
highwayman
footpad
lawbreaker
marauder
villain
absconder
con
drifter
ex-con
gangster
gunslinger
hood
hoodlum
hooligan
gaolbirdUK
jailbirdUS
mobster
mug
racketeer
runaway
wanted criminal
black hat
wrong number
more ❯
Noun
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Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country
emigrant
settler
immigrant
incomer
in-migrant
migrant
out-migrant
alien
colonist
departer
emigre
evacuee
exile
expatriate
migrator
outcast
pilgrim
pioneer
refugee
travellerUK
travelerUS
wanderer
wayfarer
displaced person
transmigrant
expat
deportee
DP
é
migré
colonial
newcomer
expellee
tax exile
person in exile
non-native
outlander
outsider
foreigner
colonizerUS
homesteader
frontiersman
émigré
Gastarbeiter
nomad
transient
rover
gypsy
guest worker
economic migrant
itinerant
vagrant
drifter
tinker
asylum seeker
D.P.
streety
mover
homeless person
colonialist
coloniserUK
Noun
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Someone skilled at escaping
escape artist
escapee
escaper
escapist
escapologist
evader
Houdini
runaway
Adjective
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Fleeing or running away
deserting
escaped
escaping
fleeing
runaway
AWOL
wanted
evading
running away
at large
on the loose
on the lam
on the run
loose
absconding
in flight
running scared
in retreat
hunted
criminal
wild
running
uncontrolled
delinquent
disorderly
with a price on one's head
with a bounty on one's head
wanted dead or alive
out of hand
Adjective
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Quick to disappear
brief
ephemeral
fleeting
momentary
passing
transient
short-lived
transitory
evanescent
short
flitting
fugacious
impermanent
temporary
flying
deciduous
fading
flash
unstable
fly-by-night
erratic
moving
quick
volatile
here today and gone tomorrow
short-term
cursory
perishable
limited
shifting
more ❯
“In a second, and more fugitive image, the action opens with modern citizens struggling to be heard in the public arena.”
Adjective
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Hard to find, capture, or achieve
evasive
slippery
elusive
tricky
shifty
cagey
difficult to track down
difficult to catch
always on the move
difficult to find
cunning
sneaky
devious
crafty
untrustworthy
false
treacherous
dishonest
unpredictable
unreliable
sly
duplicitous
slick
artful
foxy
shady
wily
two-faced
guileful
contriving
more ❯
Adjective
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Regularly moving or wandering from place to place
wandering
roving
itinerant
roaming
nomadic
vagrant
peripatetic
vagabond
wayfaring
ambulatory
errant
ambulant
nomad
galavanting
gallivanting
perambulatory
peregrine
ranging
on the move
travellingUK
migratory
drifting
travelingUS
rambling
unsettled
migrant
rootless
floating
journeying
transient
more ❯
Adjective
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Free from physical restraint or confinement
at large
at liberty
footloose
free
loose
roaming
unbound
unchained
unconfined
unfettered
unrestrained
unrestricted
unshackled
untied
on the loose
on the run
out
wild
set loose
on the lam
escaped
uncaged
let go
freed
unbolted
unlocked
released
liberated
untrammelledUK
unsecured
untrammeledUS
free as a bird
unimprisoned
discharged
untethered
set free
free-range
clear
unclasped
sprung
unconstrained
Adjective
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Difficult or impossible to define or understand
intangible
indefinable
dim
hazy
indefinite
indescribable
inexpressible
mysterious
nameless
obscure
unclear
vague
elusive
subtle
unanalyzableUS
unanalysableUK
baffling
indistinct
fleeting
ambiguous
puzzling
transient
impalpable
deceptive
transitory
undefinable
ineffable
inconceivable
incommunicable
unutterable
undescribable
unspeakable
uncommunicable
inenarrable
unimaginable
defying description
beyond words
unthinkable
beggaring description
beyond description
untellable
nondescript
unbelievable
abstract
unspecified
unspecifiable
preternatural
sublime
unheard of
inexpressable
unexpressible
incalculable
incorporeal
hard to define
hard to describe
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