<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a person who runs away; fugitive; deserter.</li><li>a horse or team that has broken away from control.</li><li>the act of running away.</li><li>a decisive or easy victory.</li><li>a young person, especially a teenager, who has run away from home.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>having run away; escaped; fugitive.</li><li>(of a horse or other animal) having escaped from the control of the rider or driver.</li><li>pertaining to or accomplished by running away or eloping: a runaway marriage.</li><li>easily won, as a contest: a runaway victory at the polls.</li><li>deserting or revolting against one's group, duties, expected conduct, or the like, especially to establish or join a rival group, change one's life drastically, etc.: The runaway delegates nominated their own candidate.</li></ul>