Running Synonyms and Antonyms

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In the process of running
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. functioning
  2. operating
  3. going
  4. working
  5. producing
  6. active
  7. proceeding
  8. moving
  9. alive
  10. revolving
  11. guiding
  12. conducting
  13. administering
  14. in-operation
  15. in-action
  16. executing
  17. promoting
  18. achieving
  19. transacting
  20. wielding
  21. determining
  22. operative
  23. bringing-about
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Extending
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. spreading
  2. reaching
  3. encompassing
Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. leading
  2. going
  3. stretching
  4. reaching
  5. extending
  6. passing
  7. carrying
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To have charge of (the affairs of others)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. supervising
  2. superintending
  3. heading
  4. governing
  5. directing
  6. administrating
  7. administering
  8. managing
To control the course of (an activity)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. steering
  2. operating
  3. managing
  4. directing
  5. conducting
Change or be different within limits
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. ranging
  2. spreading
  3. varying
  4. carrying
  5. covering
  6. going
  7. encompassing
  8. extending
Have a particular form
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. operating
  2. going
  3. moving
  4. working
  5. taking
  6. functioning
To separate or pull apart by force
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tearing
  2. splitting
  3. riving
  4. ripping
  5. rending
To import or export secretly and illegally
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bootlegging
Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. operating
  2. working
  3. using
  4. managing
Antonyms:
  1. idling
  2. malfunctioning
Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. streaming
  2. flowing
  3. spinning
  4. coursing
  5. pouring
  6. passing
  7. escaping
  8. sailing
  9. dashing
  10. working
  11. whisking
  12. vamoosing
  13. trotting
  14. trickling
  15. traversing
  16. transporting
  17. whizzing
  18. touring
  19. thrusting
  20. tending
  21. tearing
  22. tagging
  23. stretching
  24. spurting
  25. whirling
  26. sprinting
  27. springing
  28. spreading
  29. speeding
  30. scuttling
  31. scurrying
  32. scrambling
  33. scouring
  34. reaching
  35. ranging
  36. racing
  37. pursuing
  38. publishing
  39. proceeding
  40. leaping
  41. plying
  42. pacing
  43. operating
  44. migrating
  45. melting
  46. masterminding
  47. maneuvering
  48. dropping
  49. managing
  50. loping
  51. liquefying
  52. journeying
  53. jogging
  54. hustling
  55. hurrying
  56. tumbling
  57. drawing
  58. bunking
  59. hunting
  60. hastening
  61. hasting
  62. governing
  63. gliding
  64. galloping
  65. gadding
  66. fusing
  67. functioning
  68. following
  69. flying
  70. fleeing
  71. extending
  72. evading
  73. rolling
  74. emitting
  75. elapsing
  76. driving
  77. dissolving
  78. darting
  79. covering
  80. controlling
  81. falling
  82. continuing
  83. conducting
  84. competing
  85. commanding
  86. chasing
  87. charging
  88. challenging
  89. chaining
  90. carrying
  91. brooking
  92. bootlegging
  93. bolting
  94. blending
  95. barrelling
  96. ascending
  97. accumulating
  98. absconding
  99. scoring
  100. scooting
  101. scampering
  102. rushing
  103. roving
  104. roaming
  105. circulating
  106. guiding
  107. retreating
  108. lamming
Antonyms:
  1. obeying
  2. standing
  3. walking
  4. serving
Keep company
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. propelling
  2. consorting
  3. mobilizing
  4. impelling
  5. driving
Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hunting
  2. stalking
  3. driving
  4. chasing
Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. racing
  2. contesting
  3. campaigning
  4. placing
  5. opposing
  6. finishing
Move along, of liquids
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. herding
  2. coursing
  3. feeding
  4. flowing
  5. driving
Cause to emit recorded audio or video
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. showing
  2. playing
To come forth or emit in abundance
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. welling
  2. surging
  3. streaming
  4. rushing
  5. pouring
  6. gushing
  7. flowing
Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. inclining
  2. trooping
  3. leaning
  4. fraternizing
  5. tending
  6. consorting
To leave hastily
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. vamoosing
  2. getting
  3. bolting
The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. run
  2. continuous
  3. flowing
  4. functioning
  5. going
  6. operating
  7. running play
  8. uninterrupted
  9. working
  10. running game
Progress by being changed
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. moving
  2. sprinting
  3. going
  4. scurrying
  5. scampering
The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. track
Travel a route regularly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. plying
Continually
(Adverb)
Antonyms:
  1. occasionally
  2. broken
  3. intermittently

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