escaping
Getting away fast
Escaping is the act of getting away from confinement, danger, or something unpleasant.
A prisoner escaping custody breaks free; someone escaping notice avoids being seen.
The word often implies urgency or relief: We barely made it out—escaping felt like a miracle.
In computing, escaping refers to using special characters to change how text is processed.
Skillfully avoid capture
outmaneuver · stealth · sneak · camouflage · disguise · decoy · diversion · subterfuge
Release from constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- independenceFreedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- unshackledReleased from restraints
unchained · manumission · sovereignty · self-determination · deliverance · release · pardon · amnesty
One who flees
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- chaseRapid following of quarry
manhunt · refugee · asylum · exodus · hideout · sanctuary · sprint · dash
Confined criminal detainee
- captiveOne held by force
- POWCaptured military personnel
- hostageCaptive held as security
- gulagForced labor prison system
kidnapping · abduction · confinement · breakout · tunneling · guard · watchtower · fence
Famous escape artist
- straitjacketGarment restricting arm movement
- handcuffsLocking wrist restraints
- shacklesMetal bonds for prisoners
- lockpickLock-opening implement
contortionist · magician · illusionist · dexterity · performance · entertainer · chains · ropes
Reduction of mental tension
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- meditationFocused attention practice
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- distractionThing diverting one's attention
diversion · respite · retreat · getaway · unwinding · decompression · relaxation · sanctuary
elude
Skillfully avoid capture
sidestep · outmaneuver · stealth · sneak · camouflage · disguise · decoy · diversion · subterfuge · duck
liberation
Release from constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- independenceFreedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
unshackled · unchained · manumission · sovereignty · self-determination · deliverance · release · pardon · amnesty · exoneration
runaway
One who flees
chase · manhunt · refugee · asylum · exodus · hideout · sanctuary · sprint · dash · bolt
prisoner
Confined criminal detainee
gulag · kidnapping · abduction · confinement · breakout · tunneling · guard · watchtower · fence · resourcefulness
Houdini
Famous escape artist
- straitjacketGarment restricting arm movement
- handcuffsLocking wrist restraints
- shacklesMetal bonds for prisoners
lockpick · contortionist · magician · illusionist · dexterity · performance · entertainer · chains · ropes · padlock
stress-relief
Reduction of mental tension
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- meditationFocused attention practice
- therapyCurative mental treatment
distraction · diversion · respite · retreat · getaway · unwinding · decompression · relaxation · sanctuary · daydreaming
gas
Formless, expanding substance
valve · seal · gasket · rupture · breach · containment · ventilation · hissing · steam · pipeline
- gerundswalking, running, talking, eating, sleeping
- emigrationemigrant, emigration, economic migrants, emigre, political refugees
- template enginesHogan, Marko, Kid, partials, layouts
- actionsrun, walk, jump, move, push
- evasionevasion, avoiding, avoids, evade, dodging
- data processingnormalization, data entry, standardization, encoding, scaling
escapingfacing
Directed toward something
confronting · engaging · tackling · standing up to · addressing
escapingsurrendering
Ceasing to resist
yielding · submitting · capitulating · getting caught · acquiescing
- escapist fictionEntertainment through imaginary worlds
- escapist literatureReading for mental retreat
- romantic escapismRetreat into idealized love