Have you ever had a narrow escape?
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Escape
/ɪˈskeɪp/
Synonyms for "escape" (359 found)
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Closest matches (72)
Verb(6 words)
Noun(11 words)
abandonmentabscondabsencealienationantipathyautismautistic thinkingavenueavoidavoidanceavoidance mechanismavoiding reactionawolbafflebail outbegblame-shiftingblowblowholebolt
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bow outbreakbreak awaybreak freebreak jailbreak loosebreak outbreakoutbunkchannelchutecircumventcircumventionclear outcompensationcutcut and runcut loosecut outday offdebouchdecampdecampmentdecompensationdefaultdefectdefense mechanismdeliverancedeliverydepartdeparturedereismdereistic thinkingdesert
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (108)
disappeardisappearancedischargedisplacementdissociationdistractionditchdiversiondodgedodgingdoordoubledraindrainagedrainingduckduck outduckingeffluenceefflux
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effluxionegresselopeeludeelusionelusivenessemanateemergenceemotional insulationemunctoryequivocateequivocationescape into fantasyescape mechanismescape prisonescapismeschewalestuaryevacuationevadeevaporateevasionevasive actionevasivenessexcuseexhaustexitexodusextricationfantasizingfantasyfingerfleeflightflinchflitfloodgateflumeflyfly the coopforbearforbearanceforestallingforestallmentfreeingfrench leavefurloughgetget aroundget awayget away fromget clear ofget freeget free of
Related words (179)
Verb(25 words)
get outget out ofget quit ofget rid ofgetawaygetting aroundgo on furloughgo on leavegoingheelhegirahelpholidayhookyisolationissuejailbreakjinkjumplam
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leakleakageleakingleaveleave of absenceleave the sceneleavinglevantliberationloopholelooselosemake a getawaymake offmoseymystifynegativismneutralitynonattendancenoninterventionnoninvolvementopeningoutoutcomeoutfalloutflowoutgateoutgooutletoutpouringovercompensationpartingpassingporeportpowderprecautionpreventionprisonbreakprojectionpsychotaxispuzzlerationalizationrecreationrefrainingreleasereliefremovalrescueresistanceretirementretreatridriddancerun awayrun offrunaroundsally portscapescramsecretionseepseepageseepingshakeshake offshuffle out ofshunningshunting offshysick leavesidestepsidesteppingsidetrackingskedaddleskipskirtslipslip awayslip offslip outslip out ofslip the collarsluicesneak outsociological adjustive reactionsspiraclespoutstumpsublimationsubstitutiontake french leavetake leavetake offtapthe runaroundthrow offtruancyvacationvamoosevanishventventageventholevomitorywalkoutway outweirwish fulfillmentwish-fulfillment fantasywishful thinkingwithdrawalzigzag
Noun(19 words)
getawayshideshotfootjailbreakslamminglarileakageleakagesleaksoutdistanceoutflowoutrunningrelief valvesafety valvesidestepslipsway outweekendingwriggling
Adjective(2 words)
leggedtropical island
Related word relations
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More general
63 entriesShowing 16 of 63 words.
More specific
16 entriesCollocations
7 entriesescape clauseescape from prisonescape hatchescape keyescape routeescape velocitymake an escape
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 35 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- shmangem verb (to elude)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φεύγω verb (to elude)
Armenian
1 entries- խուսափել verb (to elude)
Aromanian
2 entries- ascap verb (to elude)
- scap verb (to elude)
Assamese
1 entries- সাৰ verb (to elude)
Bulgarian
1 entries- избягвам verb (to elude)
Catalan
2 entries- eludir verb (to elude)
- escapar verb (to elude)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᎵᏘᎠ verb (to elude)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 逃逸 verb (to elude)
Dutch
2 entries- ontgaan verb (to elude)
- ontsnappen aan verb (to elude)
Finnish
4 entries- livetä verb (to elude)
- livistää verb (to elude)
- paeta verb (to elude)
- välttää verb (to elude)
French
1 entries- éviter verb (to elude)
Galician
4 entries- baratar verb (to elude)
- deludir verb (to elude)
- escudir verb (to elude)
- evanecer verb (to elude)
German
2 entries- ausweichen verb (to elude)
- entgehen verb (to elude)
Greek
2 entries- γλιτώνω verb (to elude)
- διαφεύγω verb (to elude)
Italian
4 entries- eludere verb (to elude)
- evitare verb (to elude)
- sgattaiolare verb (to elude)
- svicolare verb (to elude)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- fuji verb (to elude)
- futi verb (to elude)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- thǖkhū verb (to elude)
Latin
1 entries- defugio verb (to elude)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- filitîn verb (to elude)
Norwegian
1 entries- unngå verb (to elude)
Occitan
1 entries- eludir verb (to elude)
Old English
1 entries- ætberstan verb (to elude)
Polish
2 entries- unikać verb (to elude)
- uniknąć verb (to elude)
Portuguese
1 entries- evitar verb (to elude)
Romanian
1 entries- scăpa verb (to elude)
Russian
4 entries- избега́ть verb (to elude)
- избежа́ть verb (to elude)
- отде́латься verb (to elude)
- отде́лываться verb (to elude)
Slovak
1 entries- vyhnúť sa verb (to elude)
Slovene
1 entries- ubežati verb (to elude)
Spanish
2 entries- eludir verb (to elude)
- escapar verb (to elude)
Swahili
1 entries- kwepa verb (to elude)
Swedish
3 entries- fly verb (to elude)
- undfly verb (to elude)
- undgå verb (to elude)
Thai
1 entries- หลบหลีก verb (to elude)
Turkish
1 entries- kaçmak verb (to elude)
Ukrainian
4 entries- омина́ти verb (to elude)
- омину́ти verb (to elude)
- уни́кнути verb (to elude)
- уника́ти verb (to elude)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
He won't be able to escape from there without a miracle, will he?
Source: tatoeba (20642)
I had a narrow escape.
Source: tatoeba (20724)
We must devise some means of escape.
Source: tatoeba (25054)
Showing 4 of 33 available sentences.