escape

English Thesaurus

1. the act of escaping physically (noun.act)

hypernym	:	running away,
definition	:	the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be (noun.act)

hyponym	:	evasion,
definition	:	the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver (noun.act)

hyponym	:	break, breakout, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak,
definition	:	an escape from jail (noun.act)

hyponym	:	getaway, lam,
definition	:	a rapid escape (as by criminals) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	exodus, hegira, hejira,
definition	:	a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment (noun.act)

hyponym	:	skedaddle,
definition	:	a hasty flight (noun.act)

instance hyponym	:	hegira, hejira,
definition	:	the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year (noun.act)

instance hyponym	:	underground railroad, underground railway,
definition	:	secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War (noun.act)

2. a means or way of escaping (noun.act)

hypernym	:	agency, means, way,
definition	:	how a result is obtained or an end is achieved (noun.act)

3. an avoidance of danger or difficulty (noun.act)

hypernym	:	avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning away,
definition	:	deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening (noun.act)

4. an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy (noun.act)

hypernym	:	diversion, recreation,
definition	:	an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates (noun.act)

5. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act)

hypernym	:	carelessness, neglect, negligence, nonperformance,
definition	:	failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances (noun.act)

hyponym	:	escape mechanism,
definition	:	a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities (noun.act)

hyponym	:	malingering, skulking,
definition	:	evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated (noun.act)

hyponym	:	goldbricking, goofing off, shirking, slacking, soldiering,
definition	:	the evasion of work or duty (noun.act)

hyponym	:	circumvention,
definition	:	the act of evading by going around (noun.act)

6. a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	regulator,
definition	:	any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc. (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	valve,
definition	:	control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid (noun.artifact)

7. the discharge of a fluid from some container (noun.event)

hypernym	:	discharge, outpouring, run,
definition	:	the pouring forth of a fluid (noun.event)

8. a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	flora, plant, plant life,
definition	:	(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion (noun.tops)

9. issue or leak, as from a small opening (verb.change)

hypernym	:	come forth, come out, egress, emerge, go forth, issue,
definition	:	come out of (verb.change)

10. fail to experience (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	avoid, avoid,
definition	:	stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something (verb.communication)

11. escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	evade,
definition	:	use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid (verb.communication)

12. run away from confinement (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	flee, fly, take flight,
definition	:	run away quickly (verb.motion)

hyponym	:	break, break away, break out,
definition	:	move away or escape suddenly (verb.motion)

hyponym	:	escape from, shake, shake off, throw off,
definition	:	get rid of (verb.motion)

hyponym	:	bilk, elude, evade,
definition	:	escape, either physically or mentally (verb.motion)

hyponym	:	slip,
definition	:	move smoothly and easily (verb.motion)

hyponym	:	run away,
definition	:	escape from the control of (verb.motion)

hyponym	:	escape, get away,
definition	:	remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion (verb.social)

13. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	go away, go forth, leave,
definition	:	go away from a place (verb.motion)

hyponym	:	flee, fly, take flight,
definition	:	run away quickly (verb.motion)

hyponym	:	skedaddle,
definition	:	run away, as if in a panic (verb.motion)

14. remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion (verb.social)

hypernym	:	break loose, escape, get away,
definition	:	run away from confinement (verb.motion)

15. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex,
definition	:	be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition)

hyponym	:	defy, refuse, resist,
definition	:	elude, especially in a baffling way (verb.stative)

16. the act of escaping physically (noun.act)

derivation	:	break loose, escape, get away,
definition	:	run away from confinement (verb.motion)

derivation	:	flee, fly, take flight,
definition	:	run away quickly (verb.motion)

17. a means or way of escaping (noun.act)

derivation	:	break loose, escape, get away,
definition	:	run away from confinement (verb.motion)

18. an avoidance of danger or difficulty (noun.act)

derivation	:	escape, miss,
definition	:	fail to experience (verb.communication)

19. an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy (noun.act)

derivation	:	dreamer, escapist, wishful thinker,
definition	:	a person who escapes into a world of fantasy (noun.person)

20. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act)

derivation	:	circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt,
definition	:	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)

derivation	:	escape, miss,
definition	:	fail to experience (verb.communication)

derivation	:	escape, get away, get by, get off, get out,
definition	:	escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action (verb.communication)

derivation	:	escape, get away,
definition	:	remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion (verb.social)

21. the discharge of a fluid from some container (noun.event)

derivation	:	leak,
definition	:	have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out (verb.change)

derivation	:	leak,
definition	:	enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure (verb.change)

derivation	:	escape,
definition	:	issue or leak, as from a small opening (verb.change)

derivation	:	leaky,
definition	:	permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases (adj.all)

22. issue or leak, as from a small opening (verb.change)

derivation	:	escape, leak, leakage, outflow,
definition	:	the discharge of a fluid from some container (noun.event)

23. fail to experience (verb.communication)

derivation	:	escape,
definition	:	an avoidance of danger or difficulty (noun.act)

derivation	:	dodging, escape, evasion, dodging, escape, evasion,
definition	:	nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act)

24. run away from confinement (verb.motion)

derivation	:	escape, flight,
definition	:	the act of escaping physically (noun.act)

derivation	:	getaway, lam,
definition	:	a rapid escape (as by criminals) (noun.act)

derivation	:	escape,
definition	:	a means or way of escaping (noun.act)

derivation	:	escapee,
definition	:	someone who escapes (noun.person)

25. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run (verb.motion)

derivation	:	getaway, lam,
definition	:	a rapid escape (as by criminals) (noun.act)

derivation	:	fleer, fugitive, runaway,
definition	:	someone who flees from an uncongenial situation (noun.person)

26. remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion (verb.social)

derivation	:	dodging, escape, evasion,
definition	:	nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act)

derivation	:	dreamer, escapist, wishful thinker,
definition	:	a person who escapes into a world of fantasy (noun.person)

27. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by (verb.stative)

derivation	:	elusive,
definition	:	difficult to describe (adj.all)

derivation	:	elusive, subtle,
definition	:	difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze (adj.all)

28. the act of escaping physically (noun.act)

derivation	:	break loose, escape, get away,
definition	:	run away from confinement (verb.motion)

derivation	:	flee, fly, take flight,
definition	:	run away quickly (verb.motion)

29. a means or way of escaping (noun.act)

derivation	:	break loose, escape, get away,
definition	:	run away from confinement (verb.motion)

30. an avoidance of danger or difficulty (noun.act)

derivation	:	escape, miss,
definition	:	fail to experience (verb.communication)

31. an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy (noun.act)

derivation	:	dreamer, escapist, wishful thinker,
definition	:	a person who escapes into a world of fantasy (noun.person)

32. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act)

derivation	:	circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt,
definition	:	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)

derivation	:	escape, miss,
definition	:	fail to experience (verb.communication)

derivation	:	escape, get away, get by, get off, get out,
definition	:	escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action (verb.communication)

derivation	:	escape, get away,
definition	:	remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion (verb.social)

33. the discharge of a fluid from some container (noun.event)

derivation	:	leak,
definition	:	have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out (verb.change)

derivation	:	leak,
definition	:	enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure (verb.change)

derivation	:	escape,
definition	:	issue or leak, as from a small opening (verb.change)

derivation	:	leaky,
definition	:	permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases (adj.all)

34. issue or leak, as from a small opening (verb.change)

derivation	:	escape, leak, leakage, outflow,
definition	:	the discharge of a fluid from some container (noun.event)

35. fail to experience (verb.communication)

derivation	:	escape,
definition	:	an avoidance of danger or difficulty (noun.act)

derivation	:	dodging, escape, evasion, dodging, escape, evasion,
definition	:	nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act)

36. run away from confinement (verb.motion)

derivation	:	escape, flight,
definition	:	the act of escaping physically (noun.act)

derivation	:	getaway, lam,
definition	:	a rapid escape (as by criminals) (noun.act)

derivation	:	escape,
definition	:	a means or way of escaping (noun.act)

derivation	:	escapee,
definition	:	someone who escapes (noun.person)

37. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run (verb.motion)

derivation	:	getaway, lam,
definition	:	a rapid escape (as by criminals) (noun.act)

derivation	:	fleer, fugitive, runaway,
definition	:	someone who flees from an uncongenial situation (noun.person)

38. remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion (verb.social)

derivation	:	dodging, escape, evasion,
definition	:	nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act)

derivation	:	dreamer, escapist, wishful thinker,
definition	:	a person who escapes into a world of fantasy (noun.person)

39. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by (verb.stative)

derivation	:	elusive,
definition	:	difficult to describe (adj.all)

derivation	:	elusive, subtle,
definition	:	difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze (adj.all)

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