Synonyms for runaway
ˈrʌn əˌweɪrun·away

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1. runaway, blowout, romp, laugher, shoo-in, walkawaynoun

   an easy victory

   Synonyms:
   fleer, laugher, play, caper, blowout, tomboy, jamboree, gala, frolic, fugitive, romp, hoyden, shoo-in, gambol, walkaway, gala affair

   Antonyms:
   controlled

2. fugitive, runaway, fleeradjective

   someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

   "fugitives from the sweatshops"

   Synonyms:
   fugitive, walkaway, romp, fleer, shoo-in, laugher, fugitive from justice, blowout

   Antonyms:
   controlled

3. runawayadjective

   completely out of control

   "runaway inflation"

   Antonyms:
   controlled

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1. runawaynoun

   Synonyms:
   fugitive, deserter

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1. runawayadjective

   Synonyms:
   fugitive, absconding, truant

2. runawaynoun

   Synonyms:
   fugitive, absconder, deserter, truant, renegade

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1. List of paraphrases for "runaway":

   fugitive, run-away, rampant

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1. Amy Schumer:

   People do recognize me on the street, but I have the same friends, and I go to the same restaurants, my publicists want to kill me because I dress like a newly homeless runaway.

2. Helima Croft:

   Shale can't come to the rescue and you need OPEC to prevent runaway prices, in 2015, people wrote OPEC's obituary because of shale. But now OPEC is in the driver's seat.

3. Esfandyar Batmanghelidj:

   The main lesson that Russian should draw from Iran's experience is that evading sanctions and resisting sanctions is hard, at best, Russia can aim to demonstrate resilience to sanctions, but that just means staving a runaway economic collapse.

4. Karissa McDonough:

   The fact of the matter is that for most of this modern era of Fed rate policy, we haven't had runaway inflation.

5. Robert Lowery:

   Our frustration is, we deal with a very desensitized public, the natural inclination (about a runaway) is the child's behavioral problem is why they've left. We also see significant numbers of runway children who are running away from a situation, whether it's abuse or neglect or sexual abuse in the home. These children face unique risks when they're gone so we applaud the conversation and we applaud the attention that this issue is being given.