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. Peter Laatz:

   The influx of spending is like nothing we've ever seen before. I would have expected that to be potentially a little bit more measured, but it has been completely like literally a runaway train, they were sort of spraying money everywhere.

2. Matt Barreto:

   I think it's a much tighter contest this year than in 2016, bernie Sanders still appears to be the most popular among Latinos, but Bernie Sanders's not a runaway.

3. Jeff Tucker:

   Yes, things have cooled way down in the housing market, but we don’t have a glut of homes for sale, that is the main thing that is buffering us from runaway price declines.

4. Wall Street.Scott Kessler:

   There are not a lot of high profile IPOs that have been runaway successes.

5. Phil Davis:

   It's stop-loss technical selling combined with sheer liquidation by those fearing we'll soon be swimming in oil again, we've had crude builds during the summer, when we were supposed to be having runaway draws from record driving.