Synonyms for flee
fliflee

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 4 votes

1. flee, fly, take flightverb

   run away quickly

   "He threw down his gun and fled"

   Synonyms:
   take flight, vaporize, fly, aviate, vanish, fell, pilot, wing

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. escapeverb

   she finally had a chance to escape her prison.

   Submitted by Soulwriter on July 11, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. fleeverb

   Synonyms:
   fly, run, decamp, escape, abscond, hasten away, run away, make off, TURN TAIL, cut and run

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1. List of paraphrases for "flee":

   escape, leave, run, abandon, fly, elope, abscond, leak

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1. Hermann Hesse:

   You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation...and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else.

2. Galina Ulyanova:

   Everyone is treating us so nicely here. The food is good, we are safe, and the staff so welcoming, when I was a little girl, I had to flee from the Germans with my mom to Uzbekistan, where we had nothing to eat and I was so scared of all those big rats there.

3. Dennis Linthicum:

   Although they [Democrats] kept attacking us for leaving the state and we argued for minority rights, today all of the sudden, they’re on the other side of the wave trying to argue that it’s perfectly appropriate to support minority rights and they have the right to flee.

4. Muskilda Zancada:

   Azaz district has seen some of the heaviest tolls of this brutal war, and yet again we are seeing healthcare under siege, we are extremely concerned about the situation in the south of the district, where medical staff, fearing for their lives, have been forced to flee and hospitals have either been completely closed, or can only offer limited emergency services.

5. John Quinley:

   The reports of Rohingya dying while trying to flee the island by boat are extremely alarming, the government should allow any Rohingya who wish to return to Cox’s Bazar to do so, and facilitate the transportation.