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

Officers said Rodriguez sped out of the lot and fled the scene. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Many fled to neighboring states where horse racing has successfully paired operations with gaming. — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Instead, the man allegedly ripped a gold chain necklace off the clerk’s neck and fled, according to police. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Aug. 2026

On July 30, a worker at the San Bruno post office was assaulted by a suspect, who fled the facility with several tubs of mail. — Luke Barr, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026

Chow, Lee and Ho were prominent figures within Hong Kong’s now-defunct democracy movement, which has seen most of its leaders either jailed, fled overseas or fallen silent. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

By the time the curtain came down after the first act, much of the audience could wait no more and fled for the exits. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

The villager, whose mother-in-law was killed in the airstrike, said that people fled to a nearby community after cremating bodies of the victims. — Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

In conversations with the American Jewish Committee, Ossoff shared that his father is of Russian and Lithuanian Jewish descent, and his relatives fled pogroms and antisemitism in Eastern Europe. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026