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Synonyms for fugitive

noun

outlaw, refugee, runaway, truant, exile, deserter, escapee, vagabond, waif, stray, derelict, outcast, Ishmael, hunted person, absconder, bolter, fly-by-night*.

modified

runaway, escaped, outlaw, criminal, wandering, fleeting, evanescent, elusive, fleeing, running away, evading, avoiding, on the run, on the lam*; see also fleeting, wandering 1.

See fugitive in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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