Another word for run

To move swiftly on foot so that both feet leave the ground during each stride:
scamper, scurry, sprint. See moveTo move swiftly:
bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt2, race, rocket, rush, sail, scoot, scour2, shoot, speed, sprint, tear1, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. (Informal) hotfoot, rip. (Slang) barrel, highball. (Chiefly British) nip1. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step (or jump) on it. See moveTo leave hastily:
bolt, get out. (Informal) clear out, get, hotfoot, skedaddle. (Slang) hightail, scram, vamoose. Idioms: beat it, hightail it, hotfoot it , make tracks. See approachTo move or proceed away from a place.
Also used with along: depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave1, pull out, quit, retire, withdraw. (Informal) cut out, push off, shove off. (Slang) blow1, split, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See approachTo be with as a companion.
Also used with around: associate, consort, fraternize, hang around, hobnob, troop. (Slang) hang out. Idiom: rub elbows (or shoulders). See nearTo look to when in need:
apply, go, refer, repair2, resort, turn. Idioms: fall back on (or upon), have recourse to. See usedTo complete a race or competition in a specified position:
come in, finish, place. See beTo move freely as a liquid:
circulate, course, flow, stream. See moveTo come forth or emit in abundance:
flow, gush, pour, rush, stream, surge, well1. See moveTo change from a solid to a liquid:
deliquesce, dissolve, flux, fuse, liquefy, melt, thaw. See solidTo proceed on a certain course or for a certain distance:
carry, extend, go, lead, reach, stretch. See reachTo change or fluctuate within limits:
extend, go, range, vary. See changeTo be performed:
play, show. See performing artsTo urge to move along:
drive, herd. See moveTo look for and pursue (game) in order to capture or kill it:
chase, drive, hunt, stalk. See seekTo perform a function effectively:
function, go, operate, take, work. See thriveTo set or keep going:
actuate, drive, impel, mobilize, move, propel. See moveTo control or direct the functioning of:
manage, operate, use, work. See controlTo import or export secretly and illegally:
bootleg, smuggle. Idiom: run contraband. See crimes, moveTo separate or pull apart by force:
rend, rip, rive, split, tear1. See assemble, helpTo cause to penetrate with force:
dig, drive, plunge, ram, sink, stab, stick, thrust. See put inTo control the course of (an activity):
carry on, conduct, direct, manage, operate, steer. See overTo have charge of (the affairs of others):
administer, administrate, direct, govern, head, manage, superintend, supervise. See over
To find or meet by chance:
bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on. (Archaic) alight on (or upon). Idiom: meet up with. See meet
To follow (another) with the intent of overtaking and capturing:
chase, pursue. Idioms: be (or go) in pursuit, give chase. See seek
To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation:
abscond, break out, decamp, escape, flee, fly, get away. (Informal) skip (out). (Slang) lam. (Regional) absquatulate. Idioms: blow (or fly) the coop, cut and run, give someone the slip, make a getaway, take flight, take it on the lam. See free
To lose so much strength and power as to become ineffective or motionless:
burn out, give out. (Slang) poop out. See tiredTo pursue and locate:
hunt down, nose out, trace, track down. Idiom: run to earth (or ground). See getTo think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant:
belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, discount, disparage, downgrade, minimize, slight, talk down. Idiom: make light (or little) of. See attack, showTo give a recapitulation of the salient facts of:
abstract, epitomize, go over, recapitulate, review, run through, summarize, sum up, synopsize, wrap up. (Informal) recap. See thoughts
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To take into custody as a prisoner:
apprehend, arrest, seize. (Informal) nab, pick up. (Slang) bust, collar, pinch. See law To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize:
call, come by, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, pop in, see, stop (by or in), visit. Idiom: pay a visit. See seek
To find or meet by chance:
bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, stumble on (or upon), tumble on. (Archaic) alight on (or upon). Idiom: meet up with. See meetTo come up against:
confront, encounter, face, meet1. See meetTo come to in number or quantity:
aggregate, amount, number, reach, total. Idiom: add up to. See increase
To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially:
babble, blabber, chatter, chitchat, clack, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle (on). (Informal) go on, spiel. (Slang) gab, gas, jaw, yak. Idioms: run off at the mouth, shoot the breeze (or bull). See words
To make or become no longer active or productive:
deplete, desiccate, dry up, give out, play out. See continueTo prove deficient or insufficient:
fail, give out. Idioms: fall short, run dry, run short. See excessTo become void, especially through passage of time or an omission:
expire, lapse. See continue, law
To use all of:
consume, drain, draw down, eat up, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, spend, use up. (Informal) polish off. See increaseTo give a recapitulation of the salient facts of:
abstract, epitomize, go over, recapitulate, review, run down, summarize, sum up, synopsize, wrap up. (Informal) recap. See thoughtsTo look through reading matter casually:
browse, dip into, flip through, glance at (or over) (or through), leaf (through), riffle (through), scan, skim, thumb (through). See investigate, words
To make or become greater or larger:
aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax. (Informal) beef up. See increase
A trip in a motor vehicle:
drive, ride. (Informal) spin, whirl. See move- (Chiefly Regional)
A small stream:
brook1, creek. (Chiefly Regional) branch, kill2. See dry A hole made by tearing:
rent2, rip, tear1. See helpA number of things placed or occurring one after the other:
chain, consecution, course, order, procession, progression, round, sequence, series, string, succession, suite, train. (Informal) streak. See order
Another word for run

run
n.
The act of running
sprint, dash, jog, race, pace, bound, trot, gallop, canter, lope, spring, dart, rush, flight, escape, break, charge, swoop, scamper, tear, whisk, scuttle, scud, flow, fall, drop.
A series
continuity, succession, sequence, spell; see period 1, series.
In baseball, a score
The average
A course
in the final outcome, finally, eventually; see ultimately.
busy, in a hurry, running;
retreating, routed, escaping, on the lam*;
run
v.
To move, usually rapidly
flow, stream, pour, cut along, chase along, fall, roll, course, tumble, drop, leap, spin, whirl, whiz, scud, sail.
To go swiftly by physical effort
rush, hurry, race, dash, dart, bolt, shoot, tear, bound, scurry, skitter, scramble, scoot, travel, run off, run away, flee, escape, put on a burst of speed, go on the double, hasten, hasten off, light out, make tracks, dart ahead, gallop, canter, lope, jog, spring, trot, single-foot, amble, pace, speed, sprint, spurt, swoop, whisk, scamper, scuttle; see also race 1.
To function
To cause to function
control, drive, govern, administer; see command 2, manage 1.
To extend
To continue
To read
To compete