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

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

Security footage provided by San Diego police shows one of the youths suddenly pull out a gun and open fire on Wilson, who quickly flees, running through a breezeway that leads outside of the station and onto Kettner. — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026

But that’s not the property’s only claim to fame; the home also appeared in The Undoing, when Grace (played by Nicole Kidman) flees to the beach after her husband (Hugh Grant) goes missing. — Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026

Based on the legend of the Chinese goddess Chang’e, this book reimagines and expands the myth to center her daughter, Xingyin, who flees her home and embarks on a bold adventure to save her mother while training in enemy territory. — Chloe Gong, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 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