Synonyms of flee

flee

verb

ˈflē 

1

as in to disappear

to cease to be visible

the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disappear
• vanish
• fade
• fly
• melt
• evaporate
• dissolve
• dissipate
• sink
• dematerialize
• drop out of sight
• disperse
• evanesce
• die (away or down or out)
• dry up
• blur
• blank (out)
• dim
• clear

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appear
• arrive
• emerge
• materialize
• come out
• issue
• show up
• break out
• loom

2

as in to escape

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation

a murderer who fled on foot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• escape
• fly
• leave
• abscond
• get out
• move
• break free
• run away
• run off
• avoid
• evade
• clear out
• go
• break out (of)
• lose
• exit
• lam
• shun
• elude
• depart
• rescue
• elope
• pull out
• quit
• walk out
• liberate
• extricate
• decamp
• shove (off)
• take off
• sally (forth)
• emancipate
• disentangle
• redeem
• release
• loose
• free
• loosen
• spring
• unbind
• enfranchise
• bring off
• manumit
• unchain
• uncage
• unfetter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remain
• stay
• dwell
• linger
• abide
• return
• hang around
• come back
• stick around
• tarry

3

as in to retreat

to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening

a toddler who fled when the ladybug he had been quietly watching suddenly began flying around the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retreat
• fly
• escape
• bolt
• run
• break
• skedaddle
• run off
• run away
• beat a retreat
• hightail (it)
• beat it
• turn tail
• bug out
• make tracks
• abscond
• get (away)
• decamp
• elope
• get out
• skip (out)
• scram
• lam
• make off
• clear out
• light out
• scarper
• scat
• skirr
• mizzle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confront
• dare
• face
• defy
• beard
• remain
• stay
• brave
• dwell
• linger
• abide
• hang around
• stick around
• tarry

Examples of flee in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In late August 2017, in a matter of days, roughly 700,000 Rohingya refugees fled brutal violence in Myanmar for Bangladesh, joining the few hundred thousand already there. —Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024

Officers will not discharge their weapons at vehicles simply because a subject is attempting to flee. —Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 11 Sep. 2024

Much of East Timor’s infrastructure was destroyed in the violence and about 200,000 people were forced to flee their homes. —Christopher Lamb, Helen Regan and Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024

Looking at what’s happening now in Venezuela, opposition leader Edmundo Gonzales just fled to Spain to seek asylum. —Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024