Run Synonyms and Antonyms

rŭn
To move swiftly on foot so that both feet leave the ground during each stride
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. scamper
  2. scurry
  3. sprint
Antonyms:
  1. walk
  2. stand
To leave hastily
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bolt
  2. get out
  3. clear out
  4. get
  5. hotfoot
  6. skedaddle
  7. hightail
  8. scram
  9. vamoose
To move or proceed away from a place.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. Also used with along: depart
  2. exit
  3. get away
  4. get off
  5. go
  6. go away
  7. leave
  8. pull out
  9. quit
  10. retire
  11. withdraw
  12. cut out
  13. push off
  14. shove off
  15. blow
  16. split
  17. take off
A course
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. route
  2. way
  3. footrace
  4. political campaign
  5. field
  6. campaign
  7. foot-race
Antonyms:
  1. dawdling
  2. walking
  3. standing
To be with as a companion.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. Also used with around: associate
  2. consort
  3. fraternize
  4. hang around
  5. ply
  6. tend
  7. hobnob
  8. troop
  9. be given
  10. hang out
  11. lean
  12. incline
To move freely as a liquid
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. flow
  2. course
  3. circulate
  4. stream
  5. feed
To go swiftly by physical effort
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. race
  2. rush
  3. escape
  4. bolt
  5. dash
  6. dart
  7. move
  8. flow
  9. hurry
  10. flee
  11. hasten
  12. scurry
  13. gallop
  14. run away
  15. scoot
  16. scramble
  17. pour
  18. tear
  19. jog
  20. lope
  21. pace
  22. spring
  23. speed
  24. stream
  25. scamper
  26. sprint
  27. trot
  28. spurt
  29. scuttle
  30. whisk
  31. shoot
  32. bound
  33. skitter
  34. gush
  35. travel
  36. run-off
  37. abscond
  38. accumulate
  39. ascend
  40. barrel
  41. blend
  42. put on a burst of speed
  43. bootleg
  44. brook
  45. carry
  46. go on the double
  47. cascade
  48. chain
  49. challenge
  50. charge
  51. chase
  52. hasten off
  53. command
  54. compete
  55. conduct
  56. light-out
  57. configuration
  58. continue
  59. control
  60. make-tracks
  61. course
  62. cover
  63. cycle
  64. dart ahead
  65. dissolve
  66. drive
  67. duration
  68. elapse
  69. canter
  70. emit
  71. scat
  72. evade
  73. extend
  74. fly
  75. follow
  76. freedom
  77. function
  78. fuse
  79. gad
  80. scarper
  81. gait
  82. single-foot
  83. glide
  84. going
  85. amble
  86. govern
  87. haste
  88. his
  89. hunt
  90. turn-tail
  91. hustle
  92. journey
  93. liquefy
  94. manage
  95. maneuver
  96. mastermind
  97. swoop
  98. melt
  99. migrate
  100. lam
  101. norm
  102. operate
  103. surge
  104. pass
  105. ply
  106. proceed
  107. publish
  108. pursue
  109. range
  110. reach
  111. retreat
  112. river
  113. roam
  114. route
  115. rove
  116. hightail-it
  117. score
  118. scour
  119. well
  120. scud
  121. scutter
  122. sequence
  123. skedaddle
  124. smuggle
  125. bunk
  126. spin
  127. spread
  128. stampede
  129. stretch
  130. tag
  131. head-for-the-hills
  132. tend
  133. territory
  134. thrust
  135. tour
  136. transport
  137. traverse
  138. trickle
  139. vamoose
  140. take to the woods
  141. work
  142. fly-the-coop
  143. break-away
  144. go
To read
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. be worded
  2. apply
  3. go
  4. be written
  5. refer
  6. carry
  7. repair
  8. resort
  9. appear
  10. turn
To compete
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. race
  2. oppose
  3. come in
  4. contest
  5. finish
  6. campaign
  7. contend with
  8. place
To change from a solid to a liquid
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. melt
  2. deliquesce
  3. dissolve
  4. flux
  5. fuse
  6. bleed
  7. liquefy
  8. thaw
  9. melt-down
To function
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. go
  2. operate
  3. work
  4. function
  5. move
  6. take
Antonyms:
  1. serve
  2. obey
To change or fluctuate within limits
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. range
  2. extend
  3. go
  4. vary
To continue
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. last
  2. drive
  3. persevere
  4. prevail
  5. run for
  6. persist
  7. go on
  8. herd
  9. die-hard
  10. endure
Antonyms:
  1. stop
  2. cease
  3. halt
To be performed
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. play
  2. show
In baseball, a score
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tally
  2. point
  3. rent
  4. rip
  5. count
  6. tear
To look for and pursue (game) in order to capture or kill it
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hunt
  2. chase
  3. drive
  4. stalk
  5. hunt down
  6. track down
To set or keep going
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. move
  2. actuate
  3. drive
  4. impel
  5. consort
  6. mobilize
  7. propel
To control or direct the functioning of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. operate
  2. manage
  3. use
  4. work
Antonyms:
  1. idle
  2. malfunction
To import or export secretly and illegally
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bootleg
  2. black market
  3. smuggle
To separate or pull apart by force
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. rend
  2. rip
  3. rive
  4. split
  5. tear
To control the course of (an activity)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. carry on
  2. conduct
  3. direct
  4. manage
  5. operate
  6. steer
To have charge of (the affairs of others)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. administer
  2. administrate
  3. direct
  4. govern
  5. head
  6. manage
  7. superintend
  8. supervise
The act of testing something
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. test
  2. trial

Words Related to Run

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Run Sentence Examples

  • I didn't run away.

  • I could have run away from my father, as I wanted to.

  • The child can't just run off across the country.

  • Little calf does run and leap in field.

  • And she set off at a run along the passage.

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