n. 25B6; noun a hunted fugitive : ESCAPEE, runaway, deserter, absconder; refugee.
25B6; adjective
a fugitive criminal : ESCAPED, runaway, on the run, on the loose, at large; wanted; informal AWOL; N. Amer. informal on the lam.
the fugitive nature of life : FLEETING, transient, transitory, ephemeral, fading, momentary, short-lived, short, brief, passing, impermanent, here today and gone tomorrow; poetic/literary evanescent.