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Adjective fugitive has 1 sense
- fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary - lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"
Antonym: long (indirect, via short)
Noun fugitive has 2 senses
- fugitive, runaway - someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives from the sweatshops"
--1 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
- fugitive, fugitive from justice - someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
--2 is a kind of criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
--2 has particulars: absconder; escapee
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