Escape Synonyms

138 escape synonyms include get away, get out, run away, run off, break out, break free, get free, break loose, make a break for it, and bolt. Escape is a verb, and its antonyms are be captured and be imprisoned. Here are some additional synonyms for "escape" with example sentences.

Another word for Escape

138 other ways to say escape.

1. get away

  • vanish  
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  • vamoose  
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  • take to one's heels  
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  • take off  
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  • take French leave  
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  • take flight  
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  • take a powder  
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  • steal away  
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  • sneak away  
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  • slip away  
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  • skip  
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  • skedaddle  
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  • show a clean pair of heels  
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  • scarper  
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  • run off  
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  • run for it  
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  • run away  
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  • make off  
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  • make good one's escape  
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  • make a run for it  
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  • make a break for it  
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  • make a/one's getaway  
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  • make a/one's escape  
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  • leg it  
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  • hook it  
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  • hightail it  
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  • head for the hills  
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  • go on the lam  
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  • get out of someone's clutches  
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  • get out  
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  • get free  
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  • get away  
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  • fly the coop  
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  • fly  
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  • flee  
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  • do a runner  
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  • do a moonlight flit  
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  • do a bunk  
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  • disappear  
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  • decamp  
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  • cut and run  
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  • clear out  
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  • bust  
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  • break out  
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  • break loose  
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  • break free  
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  • bolt  
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  • beat a (hasty) retreat  
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  • abscond
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2. get away from

  • steer clear of  
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  • shake off  
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  • leave behind  
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  • keep out of someone's way  
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  • keep at arm's length  
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  • give someone the slip  
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  • give someone a wide berth  
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  • get away from  
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  • fend off  
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  • escape from  
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  • elude  
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  • dodge  
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  • bilk  
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  • avoid  
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3. avoid

  • trick
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  • steer clear of  
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  • skirt  
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  • sidestep  
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  • shun  
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  • shirk  
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  • miss  
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  • keep out of the way of  
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  • evade  
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  • elude  
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  • duck  
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  • dodge  
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  • circumvent  
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  • cheat  
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  • bypass  
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  • avoid  
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4. exude

  • stream  
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  • squirt  
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  • spurt  
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  • spout  
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  • spill (out)  
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  • spew  
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  • seep (out)  
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  • pour (out)  
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  • ooze (out)  
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  • leak (out)  
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  • jet  
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  • issue  
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  • gush (out)  
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  • flow (out)  
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  • exude  
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  • emanate  
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  • drip  
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  • drain  
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  • discharge  
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  • bleed  
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5. getaway

  • vanishing act  
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  • springing  
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  • running away  
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  • getaway  
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  • flit  
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  • flight  
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  • fleeing  
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  • disappearance  
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  • decamping  
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  • breakout  
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  • bolting  
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  • bolt for freedom  
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  • absconding
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6. avoidance of

  • evasion of  
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  • elusion of  
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  • eluding of  
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  • ducking of  
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  • dodging of  
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  • circumvention of  
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  • avoidance of  
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7. leak

  • stream  
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  • squirt  
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  • spurt  
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  • spout  
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  • spill  
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  • seepage  
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  • outpouring  
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  • outflow  
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  • leakage  
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  • leak  
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  • jet  
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  • issue  
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  • gush  
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  • flow
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  • emanation  
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  • efflux  
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  • drip  
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  • dribble  
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  • discharge  
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Use escape in a Sentence

He managed to escape danger.

Music gave him a sense of blissful escape.

She tried to escape unnoticed.

The prisoners planned their escape.

We were lucky to escape.