absconds

The word “absconds” has 2 syllables: ab-sconds

It's pronounced as /əbˈskɒndz/


What is synonym and antonym for absconds?

In the thesaurus, “absconds” has 43 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for absconds along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for absconds

  • avoids
  • breaks free
  • brings off
  • clears out
  • decamps
  • departs
  • disentangles
  • elopes
  • eludes
  • emancipates
  • enfranchises
  • escapes
  • evades
  • exits
  • extricates
  • flees
  • flies
  • frees
  • gets out
  • goes
  • lams
  • leaves
  • liberates
  • loosens
  • looses
  • loses
  • manumits
  • moves
  • pulls out
  • quits
  • redeems
  • releases
  • rescues
  • runs away
  • runs off
  • shuns
  • springs
  • takes off
  • unbinds
  • uncages
  • unchains
  • unfetters
  • walks out

Antonyms for absconds

Meanings of absconds

  • verb
    1. To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution.
    2. To withdraw from.
    3. To evade, to hide or flee from.
    4. To conceal; to take away.
    5. To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.

Example Sentences

  • The thief absconds with valuable jewels from the museum.
  • The suspect absconds from the police station while awaiting questioning.
  • He absconds with the company's confidential documents, leaving no trace behind.
  • The prisoner absconds from the prison during a prison break.
  • The cat burglar absconds with the homeowner's prized possessions in the dead of night.

On this page you'll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to absconds, such as: abides, avoids, breaks free, brings off, clears out, comes back, decamps.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • abandons
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  • adjourns
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  • beats it
  • books
  • brings off
  • buggers off
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  • clears off
  • clears out
  • cuts out
  • decamps
  • delivers
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  • digs out
  • disentangles
  • emancipates
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  • hits the road
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  • manumits
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  • pulls out
  • pulls stakes
  • pulls up stakes
  • pushes off
  • pushes on
  • quits
  • recovers
  • releases
  • removes
  • rescues
  • retires
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  • runs along
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  • salvages
  • saves
  • scarpers
  • scats
  • scrams
  • sets out
  • skips
  • starts
  • steps out
  • strikes out
  • takes a hike
  • takes a powder
  • takes a walk
  • takes off
  • vacates
  • vamooses
  • walks out
  • withdraws

quits

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  • absconds
  • acquiesces
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  • annuls
  • arrests
  • bags
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  • balances
  • bears
  • beats it
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  • bites the dust
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  • books
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  • budges
  • buggers off
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  • calls
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  • carries
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  • closes
  • collects
  • completes
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  • concedes
  • concludes
  • conducts
  • constrains
  • contains
  • controls
  • curbs
  • cuts off
  • cuts out
  • dams
  • deactivates
  • dead-ends
  • decamps
  • defers
  • delays
  • delivers
  • demeans
  • demolishes
  • departs
  • deports
  • deserts
  • destroys
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  • determines
  • dies
  • digs out
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  • discharges
  • discontinues
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  • disregards
  • dissolves
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  • elapses
  • emigrates
  • ends
  • escapes
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  • finishes
  • flees
  • flies
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  • foots
  • forgets
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  • gets
  • gets off
  • gets out
  • gives in
  • gives notice
  • gives over
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  • goes
  • goes off
  • goes out
  • halts
  • handles
  • hands over
  • hangs it up
  • has done with
  • hinders
  • hits the road
  • holds
  • holds back
  • ignores
  • impedes
  • impersonates
  • inhibits
  • jettisons
  • junks
  • kiboshes
  • kills
  • knocks off
  • knuckles under
  • lapses
  • lays off
  • leaves
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  • lights out
  • liquidates
  • maroons
  • meets
  • mizzles
  • moderates
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  • moves
  • neglects
  • obstructs
  • parts
  • passes
  • pauses
  • pays
  • pays off
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  • peels off
  • plays
  • ponies up
  • pulls out
  • pulls stakes
  • pulls up stakes
  • pushes off
  • pushes on
  • puts the kibosh on
  • quiets
  • recompenses
  • rejects
  • relents
  • relinquishes
  • removes
  • renounces
  • represses
  • repudiates
  • restrains
  • retires
  • retreats
  • ruins
  • runs along
  • runs away
  • sacrifices
  • says uncle
  • scarpers
  • scats
  • scrams
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  • scuttles
  • sets out
  • settles
  • sheds
  • shuts off
  • skips
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  • stands
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  • takes a hike
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  • tapers off
  • tempers
  • terminates
  • throws away
  • throws in the sponge
  • throws in the towel
  • throws out
  • throws up
  • turns back
  • vacates
  • vamooses
  • walks away from
  • walks out
  • walks out on
  • winds down
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  • withdraws
  • wraps up
  • yields

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