getaway

noun

get·​away ˈge-tə-ˌwā 

1

: an act or instance of getting away: such as

a

: escape

b

: start

2

: a place suitable for a vacation

3

: a vacation especially of brief duration

Synonyms of getaway

• escape
• flight

Examples of getaway in a Sentence

We're planning a weekend getaway to the mountains.

The resort advertises itself as the perfect island getaway.

Recent Examples on the Web

Its sister property, the Emerald Iguana Inn, is an adults-only getaway with 13 rooms and cottages. —Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026

Like all of the film’s most fist-pumping setpieces, of which there are several, the getaway brawl is a fevered array of different fighting styles that smash into each other like concrete blocks to create something faintly new. —David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 12 June 2026

Officers found the suspect a few hundred feet away from the scene, waiting for a getaway taxi that had been ordered for him. —ABC News, 12 June 2026

Barring an actual getaway to the Yucatán Peninsula, this earthy floral fragrance comes close. —Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 12 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing getaway

• getaway car

Rhymes for getaway

• aaa
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• axillae
• baa
• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway

Kids Definition

getaway

noun

get·​away ˈget-ə-ˌwā 

1

: escape entry 2 sense 1

2

: start entry 2 sense 2

3

: a short vacation

4

: a place suitable for a vacation