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

Wars come and go, Napoleon rises and falls and these two men remain prisoners of a beef neither seems capable of escaping. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Jonathan Bowlan allowed a single and a walk in the eighth before escaping with help from Brandon Marsh’s catch of a foul pop amid the fans in left field. — Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

This book perfectly encapsulates the desire to escape the oppression of being a woman by escaping being a human altogether. — S.m. Hallow, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

OpenAI’s agents also worked undetected for some time, starting the process of escaping back in May. — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026

Climate change increasingly turns pleasure trips into exercises in escaping pain. — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

The guests are millennial to middle age couples, mostly escaping LA or San Francisco! — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026

Charging documents said both suspects were then seen on video running into a nearby home before eventually escaping through the back of the house. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

In defiance of Pacho’s tight hold, Madjo shrugged the Ecuador international, escaping behind and emphatically volleying into the roof of the net. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026