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

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

An ambush at a Boise hospital left three Department of Correction officers with gunshot wounds and two suspects, including an escaped prisoner, fleeing from the scene. — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026

Her grandfather was an escaped slave from Missouri who made his way to Grinnell via the Underground Railroad in 1859 and established himself there as a barber, according to historical records cited by the Drake Community Library. — Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 5 Jan. 2026

Verb

Rhodes escaped and shoved Punk shoulder-first into the steel ring steps. — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Flaco, who lived in the Central Park Zoo for 13 years, escaped when someone cut the wire mesh on his cage. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026

Then Detective Grayson Park (Paul Schneider) arrives with several officers and reports that Max assaulted a cop and escaped custody. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026

The disclosure from Anthropic late Thursday came little more than a week after rival company OpenAI revealed that a pair of its models had escaped during a test and hacked into another company. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 31 July 2026

While at least three other families escaped the flames, Garchinsky did not make it out. — Joe Holden, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Two months later, a paddleboarder and his dog were thrown into the water but escaped unhurt after a shark bit their board from below in the same area. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 30 July 2026

The song picks up a locomotive rhythm, as if the only way to reflect on those scenes is with the momentum of having escaped them. — Amanda Wicks, Pitchfork, 25 July 2026

Wacha also escaped trouble by stranding two runners in the sixth. — Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026