Synonyms of flees

flees

verb

present tense third-person singular of flee

1

as in disappears

to cease to be visible

the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disappears
• vanishes
• fades
• melts
• flies
• evaporates
• dissolves
• dissipates
• sinks
• dematerializes
• disperses
• blurs
• drops out of sight
• dies (away or down or out)
• evanesces
• clears
• dries up
• dims
• blanks (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appears
• arrives
• emerges
• materializes
• looms
• comes out
• issues
• shows up
• breaks out

2

as in escapes

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation

a murderer who fled on foot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• escapes
• flies
• leaves
• absconds
• runs away
• moves
• avoids
• runs off
• gets out
• loses
• breaks free
• evades
• exits
• departs
• breaks out (of)
• goes
• shuns
• lams
• clears out
• eludes
• elopes
• quits
• rescues
• extricates
• liberates
• walks out
• pulls out
• shoves (off)
• decamps
• emancipates
• looses
• frees
• takes off
• disentangles
• loosens
• sallies (forth)
• springs
• redeems
• releases
• unbinds
• unchains
• brings off
• enfranchises
• manumits
• uncages
• unfetters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remains
• dwells
• stays
• lingers
• abides
• returns
• hangs around
• tarries
• sticks around
• comes back

3

as in retreats

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

• retreats
• flies
• escapes
• runs
• bolts
• breaks
• runs away
• runs off
• beats it
• hightails (it)
• beats a retreat
• skedaddles
• turns tail
• absconds
• elopes
• makes tracks
• decamps
• gets (away)
• bugs out
• gets out
• skips (out)
• scarpers
• makes off
• clears out
• lams
• lights out
• scats
• scrams
• mizzles
• skirrs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confronts
• dares
• defies
• faces
• remains
• dwells
• braves
• lingers
• stays
• abides
• hangs around
• beards
• tarries
• sticks around

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flees

At the end of the 2001 film, Rodriguez’s Letty flees the country. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

Holden eagerly rebels against Pencey Prep, gets the boot, and flees to New York City, a place with its own vices and hazards, but without the sort of propaganda and pretense that obscure the school’s dark underside. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

Ulf’s dragon, Silverwing, flees the scene and lives out the rest of her days as a wild dragon. — James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

In the fairytale, the princess flees to another kingdom for a while to get away from the misery brought on by her father, finding work as a commoner to conceal her identity. — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026

After desecrating the statue, the vandal returns the hammer to his pocket, scales the fence and flees into the night, the footage shows. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026

When her best friend’s family suddenly flees under suspicious circumstances, taking her away with them, 10-year-old Lucía gathers her gang to launch a plan inspired by their favorite superheroes. — Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 July 2026

Dunn, having none of it, stabs Dickie 20 times with a broken liquor bottle–with pants around his ankles, no less–while Alma flees out a window. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026

With no idea what's going on, Dylan flees the FBC to find that the Hiss — otherworldly crimson monsters from another dimension — have overrun Manhattan. — George Yang, Space.com, 22 June 2026