runaway

1. 1.

   completely out of control

   “runaway inflation”

   Similaruncontrolled

Other forms of runaway

plural

runaways·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about runaway

What does runaway mean?

runaway means "an easy victory". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in runaway?

runaway has 3 syllables: run-a-way. The stress falls on "run". In IPA it is /ˈɹʌnəˌweɪ/.

What is another word for runaway?

Close synonyms include blowout, romp, laugher, shoo-in, walkaway. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is runaway a common word?

runaway is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with runaway?

55 words rhyme with runaway. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.