1. (noun) escape, flight
the act of escaping physically
Synonyms: relief valve, leakage, trajectory, evasion, dodging, escape, escape cock, flight of stairs, leak, safety valve, flight, escape valve, outflow, flying, flight of steps, escapism
2. (noun) escape, escapism
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
Synonyms: relief valve, leakage, evasion, dodging, escape, escape cock, leak, safety valve, flight, escape valve, outflow, escapism
3. (noun) evasion, escape, dodging
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
Synonyms: leakage, evasion, equivocation, nonpayment, turning away, dodge, escapism, shunning, flight, safety valve, escape, escape cock, dodging, leak, relief valve, avoidance, escape valve, scheme, outflow
4. (noun) escape
an avoidance of danger or difficulty
Synonyms: relief valve, leakage, evasion, dodging, escape cock, leak, safety valve, flight, escape valve, outflow, escapism
5. (noun) escape
a means or way of escaping
Synonyms: relief valve, leakage, evasion, dodging, escape cock, leak, safety valve, flight, escape valve, outflow, escapism
6. (noun) escape
a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
Synonyms: relief valve, leakage, evasion, dodging, escape cock, leak, safety valve, flight, escape valve, outflow, escapism
7. (noun) escape, leak, leakage, outflow
the discharge of a fluid from some container
Synonyms: leakage, evasion, leak, escape cock, fountain, escapism, flight, safety valve, escape, spring, news leak, dodging, wetting, passing water, making water, effluence, relief valve, natural spring, efflux, escape valve, outpouring, outflow
8. (verb) safety valve, relief valve, escape valve, escape cock, escape
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
Synonyms: leakage, escape valve, leak, escape cock, escapism, dodging, escape, evasion, safety valve, flight, outflow, relief valve
9. (verb) escape, get away, break loose
run away from confinement
Synonyms: miss, scat, burst forth, escape, break away, bunk, run away, get out, break loose, get off, take to the woods, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, run, head for the hills, elude, hightail it, get by, explode, get away, lam
10. (verb) miss, escape
fail to experience
Synonyms: miss, get away, scat, break away, run away, leave out, bunk, get out, break loose, lose, get off, overlook, take to the woods, lack, overleap, scarper, fly the coop, drop, turn tail, run, omit, head for the hills, neglect, elude, hightail it, pretermit, get by, escape, lam
11. (verb) get off, get away, get by, get out, escape
escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
Synonyms: scarper, trip out, go out, fly the coop, get off, scat, trip, run away, get around, mail, send, send off, lam, dismount, get down, break away, get by, head for the hills, grapple, bunk, take to the woods, deal, pull, hop out, get out, take out, break, manage, leave, break loose, turn on, make out, miss, bring out, pull out, draw, hightail it, elude, exit, run, contend, cope, make do, escape, light, unhorse, get away, turn tail
12. (verb) elude, escape
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
Synonyms: miss, fudge, run, duck, hedge, dodge, escape, break away, run away, hightail it, skirt, get out, break loose, bilk, get off, bunk, take to the woods, scat, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, circumvent, head for the hills, elude, parry, get by, evade, put off, sidestep, get away, lam
13. (verb) escape, get away
remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
Synonyms: miss, scat, escape, break away, bunk, run away, get out, break loose, get off, take to the woods, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, run, head for the hills, elude, hightail it, get by, get away, lam
14. (verb) scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
Synonyms: course, operate, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, get off, run away, move, turn tail, chip, range, break out, run, beat, guide, function, lead, lam, thresh, flow, melt down, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, execute, feed, break off, break, break loose, bleed, carry, scarper, go, unravel, lean, play, die hard, race, pass, get out, get by, secede, thrash, run for, black market, miss, persist, splinter, incline, draw, hightail it, elude, be given, prevail, campaign, get away, tend, chip off, escape, ladder, ply, come off, flail, melt
15. (verb) escape
issue or leak, as from a small opening
Synonyms: miss, scat, break away, bunk, run away, get out, break loose, get off, take to the woods, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, run, head for the hills, elude, hightail it, get by, get away, lam
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Synonyms and Antonyms of escape 
