Synonyms for escape
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ih-skeyp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈskeɪp |
Top 10 synonyms for escape Other synonyms for the word escape
- abdication
- abscond
- avoidance
- AWOL
- bail out
- beat
- bolt
- break
- burst out
- bypassing
- circumvent
- circumvention
- cut and run
- cut loose
- decamp
- decampment
- deliverance
- desert
- dodging
- double
- duck
- duck out
- ducking
- elope
- elopement
- elusion
- elusiveness
- eschewal
- evade
- evasion
- evasiveness
- extrication
- fadeout
- flee
- flight
- fly
- fly the coop
- freedom
- get away with
- get off
- go scot-free
- hegira
- lam
- leave
- liberation
- make getaway
- make off
- make oneself scarce
- out
- outbreak
- pass
- play hooky
- powder
- release
- rescue
- retreat
- run
- run away
- run off
- run out on
- runaround
- shun
- shunning
- sidestepping
- skip
- slip
- slip away
- spring
- steal away
- take a powder
- take flight
- take on the lam
- vanish
- withdrawal
- work out of
- wriggle out
Définition of escape
Origin :- c.1300, from Old North French escaper, Old French eschaper (12c., Modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappare, literally "get out of one's cape, leave a pursuer with just one's cape," from Latin ex- "out of" (see ex-) + Late Latin cappa "mantle" (see cap (n.)). Related: Escaped; escaping.
- noun breaking away; getaway
- verb break away from
- She helped Geta to escape: they have both taken refuge in the Temple of Theseus.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- He went back to the farmhouse to tell Paul of his nephew's escape.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- He little knew how narrow an escape he had had of losing a third!
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- The rashness of such a requirement and statement can escape no one.
- Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part III] » by Benedict of Spinoza
- True, the plant has enemies, like everything else, enemies which it may not escape.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- But generally speaking, it does escape them, and lives to finish its task.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- I had made several attempts in that time to escape, but did not succeed.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- This was the first time I ever attempted to escape and gain my freedom.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- How could I ever expect to escape to a country where I could be a free man?
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- Motherr, this slife is intollerrabble; I will do any thing to escape frrrom it.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
Antonyms for escape
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