Escape
//ɪˈskeɪp//
Word Type
Noun
Verb
The word "escape" can be used as noun and verb.
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Opposites (Antonyms)
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Derived Terms
escapable escape artist escape artistry escape character escape clause escape cock escape fire escape goat escape hatch escape key escape literature escape mechanism escape pipe escape pod escape rhythm escape road escape room escape route escape routine escape sequence escape shaft escape tone escape valve escape velocity escape wheel escapee escapeland escapeless escapement escaper escapeway escapingly escapism escapist escapologist escapology fire-escape knot garden escape inescapable
Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
agency amaze avoid avoidance baffle beat bewilder break loose carelessness come forth come out discharge diversion dodging dumbfound egress emerge flee flora flummox fly get get away go away go forth gravel issue leave means mystify neglect negligence nonperformance nonplus outpouring perplex plant plant life pose puzzle recreation regulator run running away shunning stick stupefy take flight turning away valve vex way
Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)
Type Of (IsA)
Related Terms
action apophyge avoid avoidance bars bolt bolt jail break break free breaking breaking out camps capture car character combination command computer computer key context corner cut cut bars defective door dream electric current elude escape key evasion exit fast fire fire exit flee fleeing free freedom from prison get away get out getaway getting getting away getting out great halt hexadecimal insulation jail jail break jail out jailbirds jailbreak key key on keyboard keyboard corner leakage leave leave jail leave prison leaving left liquid magicians magicians exit manufacturing mistake out out jail outflow oversight plan prison prison break prison camps prisoner prisoner dream program run run away run jail run prison runaway running running away sally secrets snooker stealth steam string text top top left transgression trick way way out
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