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flee

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of flee

1 to cease to be visible
  • The fog fled with the arrival of the dawn.
Synonyms of flee

dematerialize, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, fade, fly, melt, sink, vanish
Words Related to flee

blank (out), clear, die (away or down or out), disperse, dissipate, dissolve, dry up

blur, dim
Phrases Synonymous with flee

drop out of sight
Near Antonyms of flee

arrive, break out, come out, emerge, issue, loom, show up
Antonyms of flee

appear, materialize
2 to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
  • a prisoner who fled on foot
Synonyms of flee

abscond, break out (of), clear out, escape, fly, get out, lam, run away, run off
Words Related to flee

avoid, elude, evade, lose, shun

decamp, depart, elope, exit, go, leave, move, pull out, quit, sally (forth), shove (off), take off, walk out

disentangle, extricate

bring off, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, loose, loosen, redeem, release, rescue, spring
Phrases Synonymous with flee

break free
Near Antonyms of flee

abide, dwell, hang around, linger, remain, stay, stick around, tarry

come back, return
3 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 of flee

bolt, break, fly, hightail (it), retreat, run, run away, run off, skedaddle
Words Related to flee

abscond, clear out, decamp, elope, escape, get (away), get out, light out, make off, scat, scram, skip (out), skirr
Phrases Synonymous with flee

beat a retreat, beat it, make tracks, turn tail
Near Antonyms of flee

beard, brave, confront, dare, defy, face

abide, dwell, hang around, linger, remain, stay, stick around, tarry

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