run - Thesaurus Synonyms and Word Suggestions

verb

To move swiftly on foot so that both feet leave the ground during each stride: scamper, scurry, sprint. See move
To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt ², race, rocket, rush, sail, scoot, scour ², shoot, speed, sprint, tear ¹, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal: hotfoot, rip. Slang: barrel, highball. Chiefly British: nip ¹. 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 move
To 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 approach
To move or proceed away from a place. Also used with along: depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave ¹, pull out, quit, retire, withdraw. Informal: cut out, push off, shove off. Slang: blow ¹, split, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See approach
To 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 near
To look to when in need: apply, go, refer, repair ², resort, turn. Idioms: fall back on (or upon), have recourse to. See used
To complete a race or competition in a specified position: come in, finish, place. See be
To move freely as a liquid: circulate, course, flow, stream. See move
To come forth or emit in abundance: flow, gush, pour, rush, stream, surge, well ¹. See move
To change from a solid to a liquid: deliquesce, dissolve, flux, fuse, liquefy, melt, thaw. See solid
To proceed on a certain course or for a certain distance: carry, extend, go, lead, reach, stretch. See reach
To change or fluctuate within limits: extend, go, range, vary. See change
To be performed: play, show. See performing arts
To urge to move along: drive, herd. See move
To look for and pursue (game) in order to capture or kill it: chase, drive, hunt, stalk. See seek
To perform a function effectively: function, go, operate, take, work. See thrive
To set or keep going: actuate, drive, impel, mobilize, move, propel. See move
To control or direct the functioning of: manage, operate, use, work. See control
To import or export secretly and illegally: bootleg, smuggle. Idiom: run contraband. See crimes, move
To separate or pull apart by force: rend, rip, rive, split, tear ¹. See assemble, help
To cause to penetrate with force: dig, drive, plunge, ram, sink, stab, stick, thrust. See put in
To control the course of (an activity): carry on, conduct, direct, manage, operate, steer. See over
To have charge of (the affairs of others): administer, administrate, direct, govern, head, manage, superintend, supervise. See over

phrasal verb

run across

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

phrasal verb

run after

To follow (another) with the intent of overtaking and capturing: chase, pursue. Idioms: be (or go) in pursuit, give chase. See seek

phrasal verb

run away

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

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run down

To lose so much strength and power as to become ineffective or motionless: burn out, give out. Slang: poop out. See tired
To pursue and locate: hunt down, nose out, trace, track down. Idiom: run to earth (or ground). See get
To 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, show
To 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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run in

Slang. 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

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run into

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 meet
To come up against: confront, encounter, face, meet ¹. See meet
To come to in number or quantity: aggregate, amount, number, reach, total. Idiom: add up to. See increase

phrasal verb

run on

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

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run out

To make or become no longer active or productive: deplete, desiccate, dry up, give out, play out. See continue
To prove deficient or insufficient: fail, give out. Idioms: fall short, run dry, run short. See excess
To become void, especially through passage of time or an omission: expire, lapse. See continue, law

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run through

To use all of: consume, drain, draw down, eat up, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, spend, use up. Informal: polish off. See increase
To 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 thoughts
To 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

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run up

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

noun

A trip in a motor vehicle: drive, ride. Informal: spin, whirl. See move
Chiefly Regional. A small stream: brook ¹, creek. Chiefly Regional: branch, kill ². See dry
A hole made by tearing: rent ², rip, tear ¹. See help
A 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

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