Definition for Escaping:

• Avoidance of danger.

Synonyms for Escaping:

• adj.

  •fugitive (adjective)
  • unstable,
  • erratic,
  • fugacious,
  • on the lam,
  • moving,
  • errant,
  • Flitting,
  • volatile,
  • criminal,
  • fleeting,
  • lamster,
  • planetary,
  • ephemeral,
  • transitory,
  • wanted,
  • wandering,
  • brief,
  • evanescent,
  • passing,
  • momentary,
  • impermanent,
  • elusive,
  • short-lived,
  • temporary.
  •streaming (adjective)
  • pouring.

• n.

  •avoidance (noun)
  • run-around.
  •breakout (noun)
  • decampment.
  •escape (noun)
  • breakout.
  •escapement (noun)
  • breaking away.
  •flight (noun)
  • lam,
  • powder,
  • getaway,
  • retreat,
  • exodus,
  • exit,
  • escape.
  •run-around (noun)
  • runaround,
  • elusion,
  • evasion,
  • inertia,
  • roundabouts,
  • eschewal,
  • roundabout,
  • detour,
  • elusions,
  • come-off,
  • delay,
  • diversion,
  • difficulty,
  • postponement,
  • run around.

• v.

  •abscond (verb)
  • beat it,
  • sneak away,
  • vamoose,
  • go AWOL,
  • take off,
  • go south,
  • make scarce,
  • clear out,
  • get,
  • hightail,
  • break,
  • make a break,
  • skip out,
  • pull out,
  • skedaddle,
  • dog it,
  • scram,
  • quit.
  •avoid (verb)
  • turn aside,
  • step aside,
  • hold off,
  • shirk,
  • shake off,
  • recoil,
  • abstain,
  • sidestep,
  • steer clear of,
  • skip town,
  • hide,
  • keep clear,
  • shake and bake,
  • ditch,
  • jump,
  • obviate,
  • ward off,
  • fend off,
  • shake,
  • run for cover,
  • weave,
  • withdraw,
  • circumlocute,
  • shy,
  • lay low,
  • desist,
  • avert,
  • skip out on,
  • skirt,
  • deflect,
  • give the slip,
  • eschew,
  • stay away,
  • bypass,
  • shuffle off,
  • stay out,
  • divert,
  • fake out,
  • shrink from.
  •avoiding (verb)
  • sidestepping,
  • dodging,
  • eluding,
  • declining,
  • Avoiding,
  • Circumventing,
  • ducking,
  • averting,
  • shirking,
  • shunning,
  • Recoiling,
  • bypassing,
  • Skipping,
  • Evading,
  • Abstaining,
  • shrinking.
  •bolt (verb)
  • leave flat,
  • leave in the lurch,
  • leave high and dry,
  • cut out.
  •break (verb)
  • bust out.
  •escape (verb)
  • flee,
  • go scot-free,
  • run out on,
  • elope,
  • bail out,
  • steal away,
  • pass,
  • run off,
  • burst out,
  • fly,
  • cut and run,
  • fly the coop,
  • elude,
  • work out of,
  • bolt,
  • evade,
  • slip away,
  • leave,
  • get off,
  • make off,
  • double,
  • circumvent,
  • emerge,
  • depart,
  • cut loose,
  • run,
  • wriggle out,
  • make getaway,
  • decamp,
  • run away,
  • avoid,
  • abscond,
  • shun,
  • duck,
  • make oneself scarce,
  • disappear,
  • take flight,
  • take on the lam,
  • slip,
  • dodge,
  • desert,
  • take a powder,
  • get away with,
  • duck out,
  • vanish,
  • skip,
  • play hooky.
  •escaping (verb)
  • Emigrating,
  • getting away,
  • breaking out.

• Other synonyms:

  •fleeing
  • runaway.

Paraphrases for Escaping:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    escape.

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    running.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    dodging.

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    fugitives, departing, retreating, sneaking, Separating, bypassing, Absconding, Evading, sidestepping, hiding, averting, defection, leaving, Avoiding, Circumventing, Overcoming, Preventing, breaking, losing, vanishing, withdrawing, outgassing, leaking, Ridding, delinking, freeing, exceeding, shielding, missing, blazing, touching, Denying, retiring, flying, shirking, ruining, finishing, dropping, flowing, ducking, Quitting, trailing, forging, owing, dating.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    eluding.

Antonyms for Escaping:

• adj.

  • fugitive
    confronting, permanent, facing.

• n.

  • flight
    standing, Staying, waiting.
  • run-around
    meeting, challenge.

• v.

  • abscond
    stop, yield, give up, endure, continue, abide.
  • avoid
    seek, meet, want, face.
  • bolt
    wait.
  • escape
    capture, stay, remain.

Escaping Sentence Examples:

• I wanted to offer her my help - not in escaping justice, exactly - but I wondered if I mightn't do some little errands or favors that would show my friendliness.

• " They are my father's guards," said she, " we shall have some difficulty in escaping them."