Synonyms of escaping

escaping

verb

present participle of escape

1

as in fleeing

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation

everyone managed to escape from the burning building in time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fleeing
• flying
• leaving
• avoiding
• moving
• absconding
• exiting
• evading
• losing
• getting out
• running away
• running off
• breaking free
• going
• breaking out (of)
• clearing out
• departing
• eluding
• lamming
• rescuing
• shunning
• quitting
• liberating
• eloping
• extricating
• emancipating
• releasing
• freeing
• pulling out
• springing
• walking out
• taking off
• disentangling
• shoving (off)
• decamping
• loosening
• loosing
• redeeming
• enfranchising
• sallying (forth)
• manumitting
• unfettering
• bringing off
• unbinding
• unchaining
• uncaging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remaining
• staying
• lingering
• dwelling
• hanging around
• returning
• abiding
• sticking around
• coming back
• tarrying

2

as in avoiding

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

• avoiding
• evading
• eluding
• preventing
• dodging
• eschewing
• shunning
• shaking
• deflecting
• eliminating
• shuffling (out of)
• ducking
• shirking
• scaping
• keeping clear of
• circumventing
• steering clear of
• fighting shy of
• staying clear of
• missing
• thwarting
• finessing
• excluding
• precluding
• getting around
• weaseling (out of)
• averting
• obviating
• diverting
• parrying
• banning
• excepting
• warding (off)
• bypassing
• outwitting
• ruling out
• debarring
• foiling
• outsmarting
• barring
• overreaching
• frustrating
• skirting
• outfoxing
• foxing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• seeking
• pursuing
• accepting
• embracing
• catching
• welcoming
• contracting
• courting
• incurring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of escaping

In this add on, a meteor lands on a volcanic island and so Kirby is left collecting shards of a shattered crystal and preventing an eerie presence from inside the rock from escaping. —Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025

The Story of Pearl Girl centers on a sharp, scrappy heroine (Zhao Lusi) who claws her way into high society after escaping a cruel pearl farm. —EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025

Because being Black in America means never truly escaping the specter of death-too-soon. —Trymaine Lee, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025

New York lost Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl, who famously flourished in the city after escaping the Central Park Zoo, to a 2024 building collision. —Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025

Astronomers suspect these areas may be streams of energetic particles escaping along magnetic field lines, much like the shockwave from a supersonic aircraft. —Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025

As the clock ticked and the time of his flight departure approached, Malaviya thought there was no escaping the Google Translate interrogation. —Colson Thayer, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025

Facing runners on second and third with nobody out, Aruba pitcher Jayderick Wederfoor limited the damage by escaping the jam. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025

The program provides up to 18 months of subsidized housing for women and their children escaping domestic violence. —Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025