runaround
[ ruhn-uh-round ]
Synonyms for runaround
- evasion
- prevention
- restraint
- circumvention
- delay
- departure
- dodge
- dodging
- elusion
- escape
- escapism
- flight
- forbearance
- nonparticipation
- parry
- recession
- recoil
- retreat
- self-restraint
- shirking
- shunning
- absention
- eschewal
- passive resistance
- run-around
- steering clear of
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR RUNAROUND
Pembroke watched him hurry off to service a car with a sense of having been given the runaround.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR RUNAROUND
- AWOL
- abdication
- avoidance
- beat
- bolt
- break
- breakout
- bypassing
- circumvention
- decampment
- deliverance
- departure
- desertion
- disappearance
- dodging
- ducking
- elopement
- elusion
- elusiveness
- eschewal
- evasion
- evasiveness
- extrication
- fadeout
- flight
- freedom
- hegira
- lam
- leave
- liberation
- out
- outbreak
- powder
- release
- rescue
- retreat
- runaround
- shunning
- sidestepping
- slip
- spring
- withdrawal
- AWOL
- abdication
- avoidance
- beat
- bolt
- break
- breakout
- bypassing
- circumvention
- decampment
- deliverance
- departure
- desertion
- disappearance
- dodging
- ducking
- elopement
- elusion
- elusiveness
- eschewal
- evasion
- evasiveness
- extrication
- fadeout
- flight
- freedom
- hegira
- lam
- leave
- liberation
- out
- outbreak
- powder
- release
- rescue
- retreat
- runaround
- shunning
- sidestepping
- slip
- spring
- withdrawal
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.