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

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

Rhaena flees the four-way dragon scrum on foot only to be dragged back by her uncle. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 3 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

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