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

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

The original Ballerina – which was voiced in English by Elle Fanning and Dane DeHaan and in French by Camille Cottin and Malik Bentalha – followed a young girl who flees a rural orphanage to pursue her dream of becoming a ballerina at the Paris Grand Opera House. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 21 June 2026

Karmelo Anthony flees stadium after stabbing Austin Metcalf Another surveillance video shows Anthony walking by the track tents before the stabbing, and a third shows him being taken into custody on the track soon after. — Louis Casiano , Stepheny Price , Brooke Taylor , Jasmine Baehr , Brie Stimson , Kelsie Cairns , Reagan Schroeder, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026

As David and Agent Greer leave with Matthew, Hayden shoots his mother and flees with Rachel. — Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 18 June 2026

The dark cellos of Guðnadóttir chop and grind, and Washington—shrieking, swiping, maddened at the air—flees into the forest, a disappearing uniform. — James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026

The first segment examines a woman who flees her home, escaping to a remote island in Ireland after her husband’s criminal trial. — The Know, Denver Post, 4 June 2026