Flee and Leave

Similar meaning words

mutual synonyms sentence examples collocations

Flee

Flee verb - To get free from a dangerous or confining situation.

Usage example: a murderer who fled on foot

Show all Definitions

Leave is a synonym for flee in run away topic. In some cases you can use "Leave" instead a verb "Flee", when it comes to topics like run away to escape.

Nearby Word: fleeing

Leave

Leave verb - To cause to remain behind.

Show all Definitions

Synonyms for Leave

Antonyms for Leave

Flee is a synonym for leave in depart topic. Sometimes you can use "Flee" instead a verb "Leave", if it concerns topics such as depart from, abscond from.

Nearby Words: leaving, leaven, leaved, leaver

Mutual synonyms

Related pairs

Common collocations

party	flee party	leave party
people	flee people	leave people
group	flee group	leave group
area	flee area	leave area
Other words: place, scene, village, house, room, way, school, earth, world, building, home, country, ship, planet, castle, town, city, island.

Both words in one sentence

Subverted when they both remember that everyone on the ship except for themselves are mass murderers and the two of them decide to flee and leave the monsters to their fates.

Source: More Hero Than Thou
At one point they encounter another family who, panicking and unable to free their nine-year-old son from their burning house, flee and leave the boy for dead.

Source: Left for Dead
He then approaches your companions, one by one in total darkness, and invites them to flee and leave you there to die and lose your memory again.

Source: What You Are in the Dark

More sentences

Cite this Source

Leave and Flee. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/flee/leave

Flee & Leave. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/flee/leave>.

Leave or Flee. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/flee/leave.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "flee" and "leave" have occurred on timeline