<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person who is fleeing, as from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>having taken flight, or run away: The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the Compromise of 1850 that led the United States even closer to civil war</li><li>fleeting; transitory; elusive: fugitive thoughts that could not be formulated</li><li>Synonyms: temporary, brief, flying, passing, transient</li><li>Antonyms: permanent</li><li>Fine Arts: changing color as a result of exposure to light and chemical substances present in the atmosphere, in other pigments, or in the medium</li><li>dealing with subjects of passing interest, as writings; ephemeral: fugitive essays</li><li>Synonyms: light, trivial, evanescent, momentary</li><li>Antonyms: lasting</li><li>wandering, roving, or vagabond: a fugitive carnival</li></ul>