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

The suspects then fled toward Chelmsford Street, according to police. — Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Investors aware of this fled these precious-metals funds before the new year in a (successful) bid to avoid the losses in the chart above. — Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Antifa leader Benjamin Song shot a police officer during a July 2025 anti-ICE riot in Texas, fled from authorities for 11 days, and was arrested by a SWAT team at a co-defendant’s Dallas apartment. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026

The beloved spice blend was invented in 1940 by Gustav Brunn, a German Jewish refugee who fled Nazi persecution and landed in Baltimore. — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 31 July 2026

The call was made by a bank employee after Dyer had already fled the scene, but officers were able to find him quickly, police said. — Mary Ella Hastings july 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026

In France, some people even fled by boat when flames swept through touristic towns on the Atlantic coast. — ABC News, 25 July 2026

The suspect was seen calmly leaving the area as others there fled the rapidly evolving wildfire, according to the District Attorney’s Office. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026

More recently, gang violence has emptied out entire neighborhoods as more Haitians have fled both within the country and abroad to Canada and the United States. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026