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Synonyms for flee
verb run away to escape- depart
- desert
- fly
- get
- jump
- leave
- retreat
- take off
- vanish
- abscond
- avoid
- blow
- bolt
- break
- decamp
- elude
- evade
- hotfoot
- scamper
- scoot
- scram
- skedaddle
- skip
- split
- vamoose
- beat a hasty retreat
- cut and run
- cut out
- fly the coop
- get away
- get the hell out
- make a getaway
- make off
- make one's escape
- make oneself scarce
- make quick exit
- make tracks
- step on it
- step on the gas
- take a hike
- take flight
Antonyms for flee
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
absquatulate
verb. escape
avoid
verb. refrain or stay away from; prevent
- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake out
- fend off
- flee
- give the slip
- hide
- hold off
- jump
- keep clear
- lay low
- obviate
- recoil
- run for cover
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shirk
- shrink from
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- stay away
- stay out
- steer clear of
- step aside
- turn aside
- ward off
- weave
- withdraw
avoided
verb. refrain or stay away from; prevent
- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake out
- fend off
- flee
- give the slip
- hide
- hold off
- jump
- keep clear
- lay low
- obviate
- recoil
- run for cover
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shirk
- shrink from
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- stay away
- stay out
- steer clear of
- step aside
- turn aside
- ward off
- weave
- withdraw
avoiding
verb. refrain or stay away from; prevent
- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake out
- fend off
- flee
- give the slip
- hide
- hold off
- jump
- keep clear
- lay low
- obviate
- recoil
- run for cover
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shirk
- shrink from
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- stay away
- stay out
- steer clear of
- step aside
- turn aside
- ward off
- weave
- withdraw
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.