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

Miami Beach police have taken an escaped prisoner into custody after a search near Mount Sinai Medical Center Thursday afternoon, authorities said. — Sergio Candido, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

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

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

On a scramble of roughly 20 yards, Katz escaped the pocket, broke tackles and juked defenders in the open field to extend the drive. — D’joumbarey Moreau, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026

The game itself was one of the best contests of the regular season, as Clark and Cunningham escaped Atlanta with an overtime victory, avenging their earlier losses to Reese and the Dream earlier in the season. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Skubal escaped the inning by getting Olson to chase an outside fastball and fly out to left field. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

The fifth man had escaped during the melee; he was found dead of his injuries a half mile away. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026

Fortune has reported that the attackers were OpenAI models that had escaped a test environment to cheat on an internal evaluation. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

After arriving on a private jet, Rebecca, Zelda, and Higgins have to sit with an enthusiastic member of the hoi polloi, a hard-core fan who’s made a trek to be at the game but has somehow escaped from the cheap seats to sit with them. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026

This comes after companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google disclosed recent incidents in which their AI models escaped their sandboxes and attempted to hack other companies and access their computer systems. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

The driver escaped from the vehicle with help from two other people before the car caught fire. — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026