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Antonyms for runaway
ˈrʌn əˌweɪrun·away

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

    an easy victory

    Antonyms:
    controlled

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

  2. fugitive, runaway, fleeradjective

    someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

    "fugitives from the sweatshops"

    Antonyms:
    controlled

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

  3. runawayadjective

    completely out of control

    "runaway inflation"

    Antonyms:
    controlled

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  1. runawayadjective

    Synonyms:
    fugitive, absconding, truant

  2. runawaynoun

    Synonyms:
    fugitive, absconder, deserter, truant, renegade

How to use runaway in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Gaurang Shah:

    The market has already priced in a rate hike and we have corrected significantly, the problem will be if the Fed doesn't hike rates tonight, we won't see a runaway rally, we might see some minor sell-offs, but everyone is waiting for this (Fed meet) to get over.

  4. David Phillips:

    That's a sea change, it is just runaway warming.

  5. David Tawil:

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

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