runaway
Escaped and missing
A runaway is someone or something that has escaped or fled, especially a child who has left home without permission: The shelter helps runaways get back on their feet.
As an adjective, runaway describes things out of control—runaway inflation, a runaway train—or overwhelming victories: a runaway success, a runaway bestseller.
The word emphasizes momentum that can't easily be stopped.
One who fled confinement
- absconderOne who flees secretly
- fleeingRapid escape from danger
- wantedLonged for
- manhuntSearch for a suspect
outlaw · evader · pursuit · hideout · evasion · fugitive · warrant · lawbreaker
Intact male breeding horse
- mareFemale adult equine
- spookedFrightened into alertness
- boltingDeparting at speed
- gallopingFastest equine gait
reins · lasso · bucking · stampede · corral · wrangler · bridle · rider
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- truantUnauthorized school no-show
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- juvenileYoung person or animal
- shelterProtected place or structure
homeless · rebellious · wayward · hitchhiker · disappearance · troubled · at-risk · curfew
High-volume publication
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- smashBreak violently apart
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
phenomenon · overnight · meteoric · explosive · breakout · viral · chart-topping · record-breaking
Rail vehicle or instruct
- truckHeavy freight vehicle
- carWheeled motor vehicle
- horseDomesticated riding animal
- carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
brakeless · careening · speeding · collision · derailment · crash · barreling · hurtling
Sustained price level increase
- costsAmounts required to pay
- spendingOutlaying of funds
- pricesAmounts charged for goods
- spiralingCurving in widening circles
unchecked · escalating · rampant · soaring · skyrocketing · unrestrained · out-of-control · galloping
escapee
One who fled confinement
manhunt · outlaw · evader · pursuit · hideout · evasion · fugitive · warrant · lawbreaker · tracker
stallion
Intact male breeding horse
galloping · reins · lasso · bucking · stampede · corral · wrangler · bridle · rider · thrown
teenager
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- truantUnauthorized school no-show
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- juvenileYoung person or animal
shelter · homeless · rebellious · wayward · hitchhiker · disappearance · troubled · at-risk · curfew · emancipation
bestseller
High-volume publication
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- smashBreak violently apart
sensation · phenomenon · overnight · meteoric · explosive · breakout · viral · chart-topping · record-breaking · unstoppable
train
Rail vehicle or instruct
carriage · brakeless · careening · speeding · collision · derailment · crash · barreling · hurtling · unmanned
inflation
Sustained price level increase
spiraling · unchecked · escalating · rampant · soaring · skyrocketing · unrestrained · out-of-control · galloping · explosive
landslide
Mass of earth falling
crushing · overwhelming · decisive · dominant · lopsided · walkover · whitewash · drubbing · thumping · trouncing
- Military Desertiondeserter, desertion, AWOL, absconding, absconders
- missing personsmissing person, disappearance, missing children, missing child, vanished
- street childrenurchin, waif, gamin, guttersnipe, ragamuffin
- avoidersdodger, evader, shirker, avoider, draft dodger
- hidersfugitive, stowaway, escapee, hermit, recluse
- escapistsescapee, fugitive, absconder, defector, deserter
runawaycontrolled
Kept within limits
restrained · checked · curbed · constrained · contained
runawayreturnee
One who comes back
homecomer · stayer · loyalist · stay-at-home · homebody
runawayclose
Nearby or to shut
tight · nail-biter · photo finish · contested · competitive
- runaway trainUncontrolled speeding locomotive
- runaway brideOne who bolts before marriage