Synonyms of fleeing

fleeing

verb

present participle of flee

1

as in disappearing

to cease to be visible

the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disappearing
• vanishing
• fading
• flying
• melting
• evaporating
• sinking
• dissolving
• dissipating
• dematerializing
• dispersing
• dropping out of sight
• evanescing
• blurring
• dying (away or down or out)
• clearing
• drying up
• blanking (out)
• dimming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appearing
• emerging
• arriving
• issuing
• looming
• coming out
• materializing
• showing up
• breaking out

2

as in escaping

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation

a murderer who fled on foot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• escaping
• flying
• leaving
• absconding
• moving
• avoiding
• running away
• getting out
• running off
• exiting
• evading
• breaking free
• breaking out (of)
• clearing out
• losing
• eluding
• departing
• going
• lamming
• shunning
• rescuing
• eloping
• quitting
• extricating
• pulling out
• walking out
• shoving (off)
• taking off
• decamping
• springing
• liberating
• emancipating
• disentangling
• freeing
• releasing
• enfranchising
• loosing
• loosening
• redeeming
• sallying (forth)
• manumitting
• unchaining
• unfettering
• bringing off
• unbinding
• uncaging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remaining
• staying
• lingering
• dwelling
• hanging around
• returning
• abiding
• tarrying
• sticking around
• coming back

3

as in retreating

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

• retreating
• flying
• escaping
• bolting
• running
• breaking
• skedaddling
• running away
• running off
• beating a retreat
• beating it
• bugging out
• turning tail
• hightailing (it)
• making tracks
• absconding
• eloping
• decamping
• getting (away)
• scramming
• getting out
• skipping (out)
• scarpering
• making off
• clearing out
• lighting out
• lamming
• mizzling
• skirring
• scatting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confronting
• facing
• daring
• braving
• defying
• remaining
• staying
• lingering
• dwelling
• hanging around
• abiding
• bearding
• tarrying
• sticking around

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fleeing

Bomfim is accused of fleeing to Brazil on July 12, the day after the child’s mother discovered the footage. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the loser in Brazil’s presidential elections Sunday, arrived in Miami on Wednesday after fleeing his home country in a secretive mission that has drawn speculation and controversy. — Florencia Cabral, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

The incident allegedly involved suspects fleeing the business in a Kia Sportage registered to the 37-year-old man. — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Local leaders in Kenya's Marsabit County expressed concern that the influx could overwhelm communities hosting thousands of those fleeing and appealed for support. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Previously, 2021’s Dune culminated in the brutal defeat of House Atreides by rival House Harkonnen, with Paul and his mother, Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), fleeing to the desert and taking refuge among the Fremen. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026

Pollokshields is the most diverse neighborhood in Scotland, with 86 languages spoken among its residents, and has always been seen as something of a safe haven for those fleeing persecution. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026

The video shows one of the officers tell police dispatchers the direction of the fleeing car. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office issued the brief statement four months after Kohen Wiley was killed when an officer shot at a car that police said was fleeing from a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia. — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026