Synonyms for Runaround:

• n.

  •avoidance (noun)
  • nonparticipation,
  • parry,
  • escapism,
  • self-restraint,
  • restraint,
  • recession,
  • absention,
  • recoil,
  • passive resistance,
  • shirking,
  • steering clear of,
  • prevention,
  • forbearance,
  • run-around,
  • dodge.
  •detour (noun)
  • circuit,
  • service road,
  • roundabout way,
  • circumnavigation,
  • by-passes,
  • By-pass,
  • deviation,
  • byways,
  • Circumbendibus,
  • fork,
  • circuitous route,
  • by-way,
  • divergence,
  • substitute,
  • alternate route,
  • back road,
  • circumvention,
  • crotch,
  • circumnavigations,
  • temporary route,
  • bypass,
  • Bypaths,
  • branch,
  • byway,
  • secondary highway,
  • bypath.
  •equivocation (noun)
  • dissimulation,
  • double meaning,
  • double entendre,
  • ambiguity,
  • cover-up,
  • stonewall,
  • distortion,
  • hedging,
  • lie,
  • casuistry,
  • cover,
  • waffle,
  • lying,
  • con,
  • prevarication,
  • shuffling,
  • fib,
  • deceit,
  • deception,
  • duplicity,
  • sophistry,
  • fibbing,
  • tergiversation,
  • quibbling routine,
  • fallacy,
  • song and dance,
  • deceptiveness,
  • double talk,
  • speciousness,
  • equivocality,
  • doubtfulness,
  • amphibology,
  • coloring,
  • song,
  • line,
  • misrepresentation,
  • stall,
  • spuriousness,
  • cop out,
  • delusion.
  •escape (noun)
  • disappearance,
  • liberation,
  • release,
  • out,
  • withdrawal,
  • bolt,
  • evasion,
  • flight,
  • elusiveness,
  • hegira,
  • eschewal,
  • abdication,
  • freedom,
  • rescue,
  • breakout,
  • extrication,
  • spring,
  • fadeout,
  • outbreak,
  • avoidance,
  • beat,
  • slip,
  • elopement,
  • dodging,
  • lam,
  • elopements,
  • leave,
  • ducking,
  • elusion,
  • sidestepping,
  • extrications,
  • desertion,
  • awol,
  • by-passing,
  • decampment,
  • elusions,
  • deliverance,
  • powder,
  • departure,
  • retreat,
  • bypassing,
  • duckings,
  • evasiveness,
  • break,
  • OUTS.
  •evasion (noun)
  • jive,
  • equivocation,
  • sophism,
  • ruse,
  • Equivocating,
  • cunning,
  • artifice,
  • fugivity,
  • fancy footwork,
  • cop-out,
  • excuse,
  • obliqueness,
  • ditch,
  • routine,
  • Evading,
  • fugiviteness,
  • pretext,
  • trickery,
  • quibble,
  • trick,
  • subterfuge,
  • Fudging,
  • shift.
  •finesse (noun)
  • craft,
  • acumen,
  • gimmick,
  • bluff,
  • cleverness,
  • sophistication,
  • big stick,
  • grift,
  • tact,
  • delicacy,
  • discretion,
  • subtlety,
  • adroitness,
  • polish,
  • savvy,
  • feint,
  • artfulness,
  • diplomacy,
  • craftiness,
  • competence,
  • stratagem,
  • wile,
  • discernment,
  • racket,
  • adeptness,
  • quickness,
  • guile,
  • savoir-faire,
  • skill.
  •guile (noun)
  • foul play,
  • sellout,
  • dirty trick,
  • stab in the back,
  • dirty pool,
  • wiliness,
  • dirty dealing,
  • Dissemblance,
  • treachery,
  • sharp practice,
  • dirty work,
  • trickiness,
  • dishonesty,
  • double-cross,
  • chicanery.
  •lam (noun)
  • escapement.
  •run-around (noun)
  • inertia,
  • postponement,
  • Escaping,
  • difficulty,
  • come-off.
  •tergiversation (noun)
  • hedge,
  • shuffle,
  • weasel word,
  • euphemism,
  • Equivoque.

• Other synonyms:

  •postponement
  • delay,
  • diversion,
  • bureaucratic inertia.
  •Other relevant words:
  • avoiding reaction,
  • circuitous,
  • thwarting,
  • forestalling,
  • shunning,
  • elude,
  • shun,
  • truancy,
  • defy,
  • Jink,
  • zigzag,
  • evasive,
  • prohibit,
  • escape from,
  • roundabout,
  • outmaneuvering,
  • evasive action,
  • shy away,
  • avoid,
  • oblique,
  • avert,
  • sheer off,
  • devious,
  • swindle,
  • quit,
  • depart,
  • deviate,
  • flee,
  • disappoint,
  • fend off,
  • withstand,
  • nonintervention,
  • fraud,
  • contradict,
  • buck-passing,
  • shy,
  • cower,
  • sidestep,
  • noninvolvement,
  • pretense,
  • frustration,
  • chicane,
  • neutrality,
  • shrink from,
  • shirk,
  • fly,
  • evade,
  • shifty,
  • go,
  • counteract,
  • frustrate,
  • sham,
  • displace,
  • defense mechanism,
  • Refraining,
  • cheating,
  • forestallment,
  • foiling,
  • getting around,
  • outwitting,
  • ambiguous,
  • obviation,
  • idleness,
  • Sidetracking,
  • illusion,
  • circumvent,
  • outguessing,
  • duck,
  • absence,
  • balk,
  • falsehood,
  • eschew,
  • discard,
  • dismiss,
  • deny,
  • abstain,
  • flinch,
  • controvert.

Antonyms for Runaround:

• n.

  • avoidance
    advance, continuation.
  • equivocation
    frankness, trustworthiness, fact, truth, truthfulness, surety, clarity, honesty, uprightness, reality, openness, certainty.
  • escape
    coming, entrance, arrival, capture, stay, directness, Staying, maintenance.
  • finesse
    inability, incapability, ineptness, ignorance, stupidity.
  • guile
    forthrightness, honor, naivety, artlessness, sincerity.
  • run-around
    challenge, facing, meeting.