Synonyms of fled

fled

verb

past tense of flee

1

as in disappeared

to cease to be visible

the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disappeared
• vanished
• faded
• flew
• melted
• evaporated
• dissolved
• dissipated
• sank
• dispersed
• dropped out of sight
• evanesced
• dematerialized
• died (away or down or out)
• blurred
• cleared
• dried up
• dimmed
• blanked (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appeared
• arrived
• emerged
• issued
• broke out
• came out
• materialized
• loomed
• showed up

2

as in escaped

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation

a murderer who fled on foot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• escaped
• flew
• left
• absconded
• moved
• got out
• broke out (of)
• avoided
• exited
• ran away
• cleared out
• broke free
• ran off
• lost
• went
• departed
• evaded
• lammed
• shunned
• eluded
• decamped
• rescued
• eloped
• quit
• pulled out
• walked out
• liberated
• sprang
• extricated
• shoved (off)
• freed
• released
• emancipated
• took off
• sallied (forth)
• loosed
• disentangled
• loosened
• redeemed
• enfranchised
• brought off
• manumitted
• unbound
• unchained
• unfettered
• uncaged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remained
• stayed
• lingered
• returned
• hung around
• dwelled
• tarried
• came back
• abided
• stuck around

3

as in retreated

to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening

a toddler who fled when the ladybug he had been quietly watching suddenly began flying around the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retreated
• flew
• bolted
• escaped
• ran
• broke
• skedaddled
• ran away
• hightailed (it)
• ran off
• turned tail
• beat a retreat
• beat it
• absconded
• bugged out
• made tracks
• decamped
• got (away)
• eloped
• lit
• got out
• made off
• skipped (out)
• scarpered
• scrammed
• cleared out
• lammed
• mizzled
• scatted
• skirred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confronted
• faced
• dared
• braved
• defied
• remained
• bearded
• stayed
• lingered
• dwelled
• hung around
• tarried
• abided
• stuck around

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fled

Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP A fire alarm went off and panicked patrons raced for the exit; several fled to a nearby bagel shop to shelter in place. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2026

According to the report, Louvre staff and visitors were threatened by the men who broke into the museum during its opening hours on October 19, 2025, and successfully fled with over $102 million worth of the country’s crown jewels. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 13 Nov. 2026

Security camera footage allegedly showed Vriseno and his mother walking near the store’s optical section before Vriseno stabbed her with a knife and fled the store, according to the affidavit, KWTX reported. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2026

Massive internal displacement as families have fled areas under Israeli attack have tested the limits of intercommunal coexistence. — Tamirace Fakhoury, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2026

Azarov served as prime minister under Ukraine’s Moscow-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych, who was forced from office by protesters and fled to Russia in February 2014. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026

California Highway Patrol officers are asking for the public’s help in the search for a driver who fled a fatal hit-and-run crash involving a bicyclist Wednesday afternoon near Grass Valley in Nevada County. — Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2026

The pair fled to Mexico with Brenda Andrew's two children after the shooting but were arrested three months later while re-entering the United States. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Other passengers hit the man, and when the bus stopped and the couple fled, a crowd of riders and people from the street chased them, until they were rescued by police. — Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026