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

On top of that, the Iranian airspace was closed to all flights during the bombings and Iranians were fleeing the country. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Jacobo stopped the attack and approached Overstreet before fleeing to his car, prosecutors said. — City News Service, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026

Next up is a decision on potential discipline for Lyle, who was arrested last Thursday and charged with reckless driving and fleeing police. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026

And then Catherine decides for her, or maybe for herself, and shoots this abusive man in the side before fleeing off into the New York City streets. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026

The community and its neighboring suburbs have become a destination for people fleeing the San Francisco Bay Area’s housing prices. — Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

An Aurora man accused of killing a female bicyclist in Hampshire with his pickup truck and then fleeing the scene has been charged with felony failure to report a crash resulting in a death, officials said. — Elgin Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

Key Background Reiner was accused of fatally stabbing his parents at their home in December and was arrested that same day after fleeing. — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Several of the raids grew violent, and one ended in the death of 52-year-old Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez, who was struck by a vehicle in August 2025 while fleeing immigration enforcement in Los Angeles. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026