Synonyms of escaped

escaped 1 of 2

adjective

as in unconfined

Related Words

• unconfined
• loose
• unbound
• unleashed
• unrestrained
• untied
• undone
• unfettered
• free
• unfastened
• unbolted
• footloose
• disengaged
• unanchored
• unchained
• uncaged
• clear
• uncaught

Dissimilar Words

• confined
• bound
• caught
• restrained
• imprisoned
• unfree
• enclosed
• caged
• bolted
• chained
• tied
• kidnapped
• anchored
• fettered
• penned
• immured
• leashed
• manacled
• fastened
• shackled

escaped

2 of 2

verb

past tense of escape

1

as in fled

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation

everyone managed to escape from the burning building in time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fled
• flew
• left
• absconded
• avoided
• moved
• lost
• evaded
• exited
• got out
• cleared out
• broke out (of)
• ran off
• went
• ran away
• departed
• broke free
• eluded
• rescued
• lammed
• shunned
• liberated
• released
• quit
• decamped
• pulled out
• freed
• eloped
• walked out
• extricated
• sprang
• emancipated
• loosed
• loosened
• shoved (off)
• disentangled
• redeemed
• sallied (forth)
• took off
• brought off
• enfranchised
• manumitted
• unbound
• unfettered
• unchained
• uncaged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remained
• stayed
• lingered
• returned
• hung around
• dwelled
• came back
• tarried
• stuck around
• abided

2

as in evaded

to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery

a judge who is very determined not to let criminals escape punishment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• evaded
• avoided
• eluded
• shunned
• shook
• eschewed
• dodged
• prevented
• deflected
• eliminated
• scaped
• kept clear of
• ducked
• shuffled (out of)
• shirked
• steered clear of
• fought shy of
• excluded
• stayed clear of
• missed
• thwarted
• circumvented
• averted
• got around
• finessed
• precluded
• obviated
• weaseled (out of)
• diverted
• parried
• warded (off)
• ruled out
• debarred
• banned
• outwitted
• excepted
• outsmarted
• bypassed
• foiled
• barred
• frustrated
• overreached
• outfoxed
• foxed
• skirted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sought
• accepted
• pursued
• welcomed
• embraced
• caught
• incurred
• courted
• contracted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of escaped

Adjective

But these stats reflect firefighting progress at this stage rather than an escaped blaze, the department's public affairs officer Tiffany Davilla explained. — Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Indiana State Police said that an escaped prisoner in Northwest Indiana has been captured. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Video released by the Washoe County Sheriff's Office shows deputies finding 23-year-old Chase Orput lying shirtless on railroad tracks moments before taking the escaped inmate back into custody. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026

Before the successful capture, the Galahad SPCA said it had been asked not to capture the escaped marsupial or otherwise intervene. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026

Stitch centers on a lonely girl who befriends a blue puppy that turns out to be an escaped alien engineered to be a weapon of mass destruction. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026

Residents in the region say they have been targeted by a coalition led by an escaped prisoner who had been condemned to life in prison before escaping. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026

His car was found on the Turkey Creek Bridge near Denver, where he had been abducted by an escaped murderer, Joseph Corbett, looking for a quick get-rich scheme. — David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Feb. 2026

Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, pleaded with President Lincoln to allow Blacks to be able to join the Union. — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026

Verb

Perlis’ portrait of the county at the height of the decade suggests a region that had escaped — or at least refused to look at — the worst of America’s turmoil. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Sousa escaped a bases loaded jam in the sixth inducing an inning-ending double play by Nolan Arenado. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Swingle escaped while at the hospital but was later taken into custody again, police wrote. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026

Just like the Tour was fortunate to avoid the enormous wildfire on the outskirts of Bordeaux by two weeks in July, the Vuelta had narrowly escaped being affected. — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Hugging Face has also been in the news recently after a hack by rogue AI agents that escaped OpenAI’s testing environment. — Reuters, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026

Corle escaped the incident relatively unscathed except for a few bruises and a bite wound on his arm. — Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026

OpenAI has been under pressure to shore up its security and safety protections after two of its models escaped containment, accessed the open web and breached Hugging Face’s systems last month. — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026

Parton, who died Tuesday at the age of 80, escaped a space barely big enough for 14 people to turn around. — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026