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

The painting belonged to Jacques Goudstikker, a Jewish art dealer who was fleeing the Netherlands for England on a ship in 1940 during World War II. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

This type of maritime migration is different from the once-common arrivals of rafts and other homemade vessels that Cubans are known to use to escape their homeland, and the overloaded freighters and sailboats used by people fleeing Haiti. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

The intruder was last seen fleeing in a direction away from the farm. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

And certainly those subjects could be, in other hands, a vehicle for fleeing the urgencies of the here and now. — Robert P. Baird, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026

During the pursuit, both the officer and the fleeing motorcyclist were involved in a crash with another vehicle on Texas 114, just west of Interstate 35W, police said. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026

His memoir, released Tuesday, details his early life fleeing Vietnam with his father, time in refugee camps, his life as a child actor and his triumphant return to the screen. — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

Investigators believe Spencer killed Macy before fleeing into the surrounding forest. — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

During the 1980s, Los Angeles saw another influx of Latin American immigration, including Mexicans and Central Americans fleeing poverty and war. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026