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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out of control |
| Synonyms: | delinquent, disorderly, escaped, fleeing, fugitive, loose, out of hand, running, uncontrolled, wild |
| Antonyms: | controlled, stable, staying, steady |
| Main Entry: | decided |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain, definite |
| Synonyms: | absolute, assured, categorical, cinched, clear, clear-cut, clinched, destined, determined, distinct, emphatic, explicit, express, fated, for sure, in the bag, indisputable, nailed, on ice, positive, prearranged, predetermined, pronounced, resolved, runaway, settled, sure, unalterable, unambiguous, undeniable, undisputed, unequivocal, unmistakable, unquestionable |
| Notes: | decided means recognizable, marked, unmistakable or definite, while decisive means having the power to determine an outcome or being conclusive |
| Antonyms: | indefinite, uncertain, undecided |
| Main Entry: | deserter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fugitive from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | AWOL, absconder, apostate, backslider, betrayer, criminal, defector, delinquent, derelict, escapee, escaper, hookey player, lawbreaker, maroon, no-show, recreant, refugee, renegade, runaway, shirker, slacker, traitor, truant |
| Main Entry: | escapee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fugitive |
| Synonyms: | defector, deserter, dodger, escaped prisoner, hunted person, jail-breaker, refugee, runaway |
| Main Entry: | fugitive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person escaping from law or other pursuer |
| Synonyms: | bolter, derelict, deserter, displaced person, dodger, escapee, escaper, evacuee, exile, fly-by-night, hermit, hunted person, outcast, outlaw, recluse, refugee, runagate, runaway, stray, transient, truant, vagabond, waif, walkout, émigré |
| Main Entry: | refugee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person running from something, often oppression |
| Synonyms: | DP, alien, boat person, castaway, defector, derelict, deserter, displaced person, emigrant, escapee, evacuee, exile, expatriate, expellee, foreigner, foundling, fugitive, homeless person, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, prodigal, renegade, runaway, stateless person, émigré |
| Main Entry: | renegade |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebellious |
| Synonyms: | apostate, backsliding, disloyal, dissident, heterodox, mutinous, outlaw, radical, reactionary, rebel, recreant, revolutionary, runaway, schismatic, traitorous, unfaithful, untraditional |
| Antonyms: | obedient, passive, submissive |
| Main Entry: | renegade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is rebellious |
| Synonyms: | abandoner, apostate, backslider, betrayer, defector, deserter, dissident, double-crosser, escapee, exile, forsaker, fugitive, heretic, iconoclast, insurgent, mutineer, outlaw, rebel, recreant, refugee, runaway, schismatic, snake in the grass, snake*, tergiversator, traitor, turnabout, turncoat |
| Antonyms: | adherent, follower, passivist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | truant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absentee |
| Synonyms: | delinquent, deserter, draft dodger, hooky player, malingerer, no-show, runaway, shirker |
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