ESCAPE
Scrabble letter values: E1S1C3A1P3E1 = 10
Definition
- verb run away from confinement. — synonyms: get_away, break_loose
- verb fail to experience. — synonyms: miss
- verb escape potentially unpleasant consequences. — synonyms: get_off, get_away, get_by, get_out
- verb be incomprehensible to. — synonyms: elude
- verb remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion. — synonyms: get_away
- verb flee. — synonyms: scat, run, scarper, turn_tail, lam, run_away, hightail_it, bunk
- verb issue or leak, as from a small opening.
- noun the act of escaping physically. — synonyms: flight
- noun an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy. — synonyms: escapism
- noun nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do. — synonyms: evasion, dodging
- noun an avoidance of danger or difficulty.
- noun a means or way of escaping.
- noun a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild.
- noun the discharge of a fluid from some container. — synonyms: leak, leakage, outflow
- noun a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler). — synonyms: safety_valve, relief_valve, escape_valve, escape_cock
Examples
- “The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison”
- “Fortunately, I missed the hurricane”
- “get away with a forbidden action”