Synonyms of run away

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verb

1

as in to escape

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation

ran away from an unhappy marriage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• escape
• flee
• run off
• fly
• get out
• break free
• leave
• clear out
• break out (of)
• abscond
• avoid
• move
• walk out
• pull out
• go
• sally (forth)
• evade
• lose
• lam
• exit
• take off
• depart
• elude
• shun
• shove (off)
• quit
• rescue
• bring off
• elope
• liberate
• disentangle
• release
• extricate
• spring
• decamp
• free
• loose
• loosen
• redeem
• emancipate
• enfranchise
• unbind
• manumit
• unfetter
• uncage
• unchain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remain
• stay
• dwell
• linger
• hang around
• abide
• stick around
• come back
• return
• tarry

2

as in to retreat

to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening

the child runs away from large dogs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retreat
• flee
• fly
• bolt
• run
• run off
• escape
• bug out
• beat a retreat
• turn tail
• hightail (it)
• break
• beat it
• make tracks
• get (away)
• get out
• skedaddle
• skip (out)
• light out
• make off
• clear out
• skirr
• abscond
• decamp
• elope
• scram
• lam
• scat
• scarper
• mizzle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• face
• confront
• dare
• beard
• defy
• remain
• stay
• brave
• dwell
• linger
• hang around
• abide
• stick around
• tarry

runaway

2 of 3

adjective

as in rampant

showing no signs of being under control

a region plagued by runaway suburban sprawl

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rampant
• uncontrolled
• unbridled
• unchecked
• abandoned
• unrestrained
• unbounded
• intemperate
• unhindered
• raw
• uncontrollable
• unhampered
• ungovernable
• riotous
• wild
• uninhibited
• barbaric
• hog wild

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• controlled
• hampered
• checked
• hindered
• restrained
• constrained
• governed
• temperate
• moderate
• curbed
• bridled
• tempered

runaway

3 of 3

noun

as in sweep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sweep
• blowout
• landslide
• capture
• romp
• conquest
• subjugation
• walkaway
• victory
• laugher
• win
• vanquishing
• mastery
• success
• triumph
• walkover
• palm
• shutout
• takeover
• squeaker

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loss
• defeat
• beating
• whipping
• overthrow
• rout
• trimming
• failure
• upset
• disaster
• licking
• collapse
• washout
• decline
• debacle
• flop
• drubbing
• slump
• slip
• shellacking
• wane
• setback
• fizzle
• lurch
• débâcle
• nonsuccess

Examples of run away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

This is all Tally’s known her whole life, until a new friend of hers runs away and exposes Tally to a different way of living. —Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024

After firing off eight rounds, Dunn shot Cochrane in the back of his head as the victim attempted to run away. —Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024

Adjective

Advertisement However, judicial referees can be an attractive option to defendants facing potentially large verdicts since the positions are typically filled by former judges — the kind of arbiters generally seen as being less likely than juries to return multi-billion dollar runaway verdicts. —Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024

But Wall Street has become more concerned about the runaway costs associated with those plans, which cover more than half of all Medicare beneficiaries. —Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2024

Noun

Cops initially described her as a runaway and said she was last seen at her home around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. —Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2024

More than 170 endangered runaways have been found and been rescued as part of an operation conduced by the U.S. Marshals Service and other agencies. —Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024