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. David Lee:

   I wasn't scared. I was ecstatic, we've been preparing for some time to have a runaway success.

2. David Tawil:

   This is like a runaway train and it speaks volumes to the temperament of today's market participants.

3. Kevin McCarthy:

   Because the Democrats have caused inflation, crime in our streets by defunding the police, runaway spending causing inflation, going after American energy and making the price of gas, causing inflation. This is a plan to fix the problems the Democrats have created, and I think the American public should have an election based upon ideas.

4. Chris Christie:

   We need to focus on this runaway inflation, the horrible situation at the border, the problem with our educational system, i think those are issues the American people care much more about.

5. Josh Hawley:

   The reason we have runaway inflation is Joe Biden. The reason we have a shipping crisis, a supply chain crisis at this stage, is Joe Biden. So if he wants to assign blame, all he needs is a mirror, and he can look in it because he's the source of most of these problems and the solutions he's offering are either nonexistent or totally fake, if the president wants to be serious, he'll admit that his policies have been wrong, that his policies have been weak, that his policies have endangered this nation and the world, and he'll tell us how he's going to change course.