Escape Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭ-skāp
To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. get away
  2. abscond
  3. break out
  4. decamp
  5. flee
  6. fly
  7. run away
  8. lam
  9. absquatulate
  10. break-loose
The act of escaping
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. flight
  2. evasion
  3. decampment
  4. break
  5. getaway
  6. breakout
  7. retreat
  8. disappearance
  9. avoidance
  10. leave
  11. departure
  12. withdrawal
  13. hegira
  14. elopement
  15. desertion
  16. abdication
  17. liberation
  18. deliverance
  19. rescue
  20. freedom
  21. escapement
  22. release
  23. extrication
  24. jailbreak
  25. french-leave
  26. close-call
  27. close-shave
  28. slip
  29. awol
  30. lam
  31. dodging
Antonyms:
  1. imprisonment
  2. retention
  3. capture
To keep away from
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. elude
  2. avoid
  3. evade
  4. dodge
  5. flee
  6. fly-the-coop
  7. bolt
  8. disappear
  9. decamp
  10. elope
  11. emerge
  12. run away
  13. duck
  14. break-away
  15. eschew
  16. lam
  17. shake
  18. skip
  19. shun
  20. break out
  21. fly
  22. leave
  23. depart
  24. run-off
  25. get away
  26. get out
  27. slip away
  28. make one's escape
  29. make-off
  30. vanish
  31. steal off
  32. steal-away
  33. get away (from)
  34. burke
  35. get free
  36. get clear of
  37. desert
  38. slip-out
  39. bypass
  40. run out
  41. run-out-on
  42. leak-out
  43. flow out
  44. gush forth
  45. burst out
  46. avoid danger
  47. circumvent
  48. go free
  49. go scot-free
  50. breakout
  51. abscond
  52. take-flight
  53. take off
  54. free oneself
  55. desertion
  56. break-loose
  57. gain
  58. liberty
  59. break one's bonds
  60. break jail
  61. diversion
  62. get off
  63. find a loophole
  64. wriggle out
  65. worm out of
  66. slip-by
  67. get by
  68. lead one a merry chase
  69. scat
  70. duck-out
  71. cut out
  72. make a getaway
  73. make a break
  74. get-away-with
  75. cut-and-run
  76. show one's heels
  77. cut-loose
  78. run
  79. clear out
  80. make-oneself-scarce
  81. play-hooky
  82. go AWOL
  83. bail out
  84. evasion
  85. save one's bacon
  86. save one's neck
  87. scarper
  88. scram
  89. skidoo
  90. take-a-powder
  91. give one the slip
  92. shake off
  93. getaway
  94. take it on the lam
  95. turn-tail
  96. leg-it
  97. play hide and seek
  98. take French leave
  99. leak
  100. jump
  101. liberation
  102. get around
  103. miss
  104. outflow
  105. outlet
  106. rescue
  107. hightail-it
  108. sidestepping
  109. slip
  110. bunk
  111. spill
  112. tone
  113. vamoose
  114. head-for-the-hills
  115. vent
  116. take to the woods
Antonyms:
  1. remain
  2. return
  3. stay
  4. come back
  5. capture
To fail to be fixed by the mind, memory, or senses of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. elude
  2. miss
Place of escape
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. leak
  2. leakage
  3. outflow
  4. escape valve
  5. exit
  6. outlet
  7. way-out
  8. avoidance
  9. loophole
  10. overflow
  11. fire-escape
  12. bypass
  13. waste-pipe
  14. sewer
  15. hatch
  16. safety-valve
  17. porthole
  18. alleyway
  19. floodgate
  20. circumvention
  21. exhaust
  22. draft
  23. relief-valve
  24. vent
  25. evasion
  26. escape cock
Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. get off
  2. get away
  3. get by
  4. get out
Breaking away; getaway
(Noun)
Antonyms:
  1. capture
  2. stay
  3. maintenance

Words Related to Escape

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Escape Sentence Examples

  • He came very quietly and secretly, to escape the soldiers.

  • Her heart attempted a painful escape through her throat.

  • Had he married her to escape his family?

  • The sand stretched out before her, their tracks pointing to the escape route.

  • To escape the war?

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