SCRAM Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

scram

verb

Definition of scram

as in to escape

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Recent Examples of scram Tony Vitello didn’t get through the first inning before being told to scram, thrown out by home plate umpire Ryan Blakney for arguing a check-swing call. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026 The chicks reportedly also told Fiona the squirrel to scram—just like mom. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 June 2026 As of now, one man sits on a small dock off each island, telling onlookers to scram. — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019

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Verb

Police said he is wanted on a felony arrest warrant charging him with resisting police, disarming a police officer, escape from custody, and operating a vehicle as a habitual traffic violator.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Anticipating the backlash, Franklyn had already booked an island getaway to escape the noise.

— Anna Tingley, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of escape

Verb

Police said information, including surveillance video, indicated that the woman got out of the car and ran inside a convenience store for help.

— Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
This isn't a speaker for playing sensible background music at a dinner party; it's meant for a raging house party that could get out of control.

— Christian de Looper, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of get out

Verb

But the filmmaker has said he was once offered the opportunity to decamp and direct a rival James Bond film.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
Bread & Butter’s title track is the only time when things decamp to the treacly, mostly because of how Cartunez’s syrupy beat drowns out Droog’s hazy memories of 9/11 and descriptions of a side chick who looks like Ronnie from The Player’s Club.

— Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of decamp

Verb

A couple flying to Las Vegas to elope ended up getting married at 35,000 feet after a Southwest Airlines crew turned their flight into a wedding.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Written and directed by Achyuth Vinayak, the film released in theaters in 2023, following a couple whose plan to elope is complicated when the man’s sister decides to elope as well.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of elope

Verb

That allowed the Dolphins to limit Maye’s ability to not just make off-schedule throws but really throw the ball downfield at a high clip during the first two quarters.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
The collectors who owned them had spent months and thousands of dollars in fees proving what the cards were worth—all for thieves to take two pallets of the cards and make off with the rare collectors’ items.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of make off

Verb

Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.

— Vulture, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2023
Idrissa Gueye has scarpered, but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front.

— SI.com, SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019

Definition of scarper

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No studio would finance the feature, about a whorehouse exhibitionist who lams it after being framed for murder — so director Melvin Van Peebles financed it himself with a boost from Bill Cosby, who gave him a $50,000 loan.

— Andrew Lawrence, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
One of those classic films that’s as good as its reputation (and maybe even better), Billy Wilder’s high-spirited comedy stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as jazz musicians who have to lam it after witnessing a mob crime.

— Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2023

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