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

Delbar is an Afghani American gay man who flees to Turkey after his mother banishes him. — Literary Hub, 12 Nov. 2026

Hilda flees the crumbling World Trade Center In September 2001, Hilda had just transferred to the Au Bon Pain restaurant on the ground floor of the World Trade Center. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026

Jaros and Rauh calculate that the state will lose money so long as 24 percent of the tax base flees, a condition that’s already been met. — Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

Moss flees across the Mexican border, hiding the money along the bank of the Rio Grande before winding up in a Mexican hospital. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026

For example, if a bank robbery suspect flees in a vehicle and witnesses provide only a description, investigators can search the database for vehicles matching that description. — Gino Vicci, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

The agent then flees into the titular pawn shop as a mob of protesters pursue him. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2026

Cora, the granddaughter of a woman kidnapped from West Africa and sold into slavery, flees her captor’s plantation, plunging her into the book’s alternate steampunk reality where she is pursued by the merciless slave catcher Ridgeway. — David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026

As the dust settles, John flees, but Zoe comes with a gun to finish off Hal in the rubble. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026