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

Concerns mounted in July, when OpenAI disclosed that two of its models escaped containment, accessed the open internet and breached a company called Hugging Face. — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

So far, these productions have largely escaped disruption, but the riots have rattled film crews and prompted warnings from Hollywood studios’ security departments. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

Tampa Bay thought they’d escaped when Cooper Pratt grounded into an apparent inning-ending double play, but the out at first base was overturned on review and the bottom of the eighth continued. — Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

Protesters have survived, but not escaped, violence, incarceration, internet blackouts and police blockades. — Amrita Basu, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026

For all its tests, the company builds realistic simulated environments, red teams these environments itself and with third parties to see whether they can be escaped, and monitors what agents do. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

The child fought off the assailant and escaped; the suspect found himself in handcuffs. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

Shawn Curtis and his dog Lux escaped through Curtis' bedroom window when waves overtook his apartment. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026

That, to me, is the main reason why machine learning escaped a scientific crisis. — Quanta Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026