Thesaurus:flee

Thesaurus:flee

THESAURUS

flee

English

Synonyms

• amscray

• beat a retreat

• beat it

• beat feet (idiomatic)

• bolt

• book it

• do a bunk (UK, idiomatic, slang)

• flee

• fly the coop (idiomatic)

• get lost

• gnash (Geordie)

• head for the hills (idiomatic)

• hightail

• hightail it

• kick rocks

• leg it

• make a break for it (idiomatic)

• make a run for it (idiomatic)

• make tracks

• namous (obsolete, thieves' cant)

• peg it

• rabbit (US)

• run a mile (UK, idiomatic)

• run away

• run for the hills (idiomatic)

• run off

• scamper

• scat

• scarper

• shemozzle

• scram

• skedaddle

• take a powder

• take flight (idiomatic)

• take off

• take to one's heels (idiomatic)

• take to the hills (idiomatic)

• turn tail (idiomatic)

• vamoose

Hypernyms

• escape

• leave    [WS]

• retreat    [WS]

• run    [WS]

• rush    [WS]

• walk    [WS]

See also

• Thesaurus:abandon

Further reading

• “623. avoidance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “flee” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.