adjective
fleeing, transient
Synonyms: avoiding, brief, criminal, elusive, ephemeral, errant, erratic, escaping, evading, evanescent, fleeting, flitting, flying, fugacious, hot, impermanent, lamster, momentary, moving, on the lam, passing, planetary, running away, short, short-lived, temporary, transitory, unstable, volatile, wandering, wanted
Antonyms: confronting, facing, permanent
noun
person escaping from law or other pursuer
Synonyms: bolter, derelict, deserter, displaced person, dodger, émigré, escapee, escaper, evacuee, exile, fly-by-night, hermit, hunted person, outcast, outlaw, recluse, refugee, runagate, runaway, stray, transient, truant, vagabond, waif, walkout