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

Three weeks earlier, his army suffered a catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Long Island, escaping destruction only through a desperate nighttime evacuation across the East River. — Harry Ostrer, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026

Sacramento police are searching for an e-bike rider who led officers on a chase Tuesday afternoon before getting onto Highway 99 and escaping. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

Accurso closes her eyes next to Aron, the melody to the song already escaping her lips. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

Liberty stumbles down after escaping 24-23 against a winless FCS Gardner-Webb team that has an interim head coach. — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

In 2026, how reasonable are fears that AI, either by escaping human control or through misuse by unscrupulous people, could cause a cataclysmic event or the downfall of civilization? — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

The Americans fell to second after narrowly escaping Italy with a 55-52 victory, their lowest-scoring World Cup performance since the introduction of the 3-point line in 1984. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

There are also Greek visitors escaping the city for a long weekend or visiting family. — Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026

The comments from Anthropic employees reflect a broader public tonal shift among AI companies, many of which entered the market touting the transformative potential of AI models but now warn that those models risk escaping human control. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026