English word

Run

Definitions

verb

  1. to go faster than a walk
  2. to go in urgency or distress : resort
  3. to go steadily by springing steps so that both feet leave the ground for an instant in each stepspecifically
  4. to make a quick, easy, or casual trip or visit
  5. to contend in a race
  6. to enter into an election contest
  7. to move on or as if on wheels : glide
  8. to roll forward rapidly or freely
  9. to pass or slide freely
  10. to ravel lengthwise
  11. to sing or play a musical passage quickly
  12. to go back and forth : ply
  13. to move at a fast gallopof a horse
  14. to migrate or move in considerable numbersof fish
  15. to move up or down a river to spawnespecially
  16. turn, rotate
  17. function, operate
  18. to continue in force, operation, or production
  19. to have a specified duration, extent, or length
  20. to accompany as a valid obligation or right
  21. to continue to accrue or become payable
  22. to pass from one state to another
  23. to flow rapidly or under pressure
  24. melt, fuse
  25. flee, retreat, escape
  26. spread, dissolve
  27. to discharge liquid (such as pus or serum)
  28. to develop rapidly in some specific direction
  29. to throw out an elongated shoot of growthespecially
  30. to tend to produce or develop a specified quality or feature
  31. to lie in or take a certain direction
  32. to lie or extend in relation to something
  33. to go back : reach
  34. to be in a certain form or expression
  35. to be in a certain order of succession
  36. to occur persistently
  37. to utilize a running play on offense
  38. to remain of a specified size, amount, character, or quality
  39. to have or maintain a relative position or condition (as in a race)
  40. to exist or occur in a continuous range of variation
  41. to spread or pass quickly from point to point
  42. to be current : circulate
  43. to cause (an animal) to go rapidly : ride or drive fast
  44. to bring to a specified condition by or as if by running
  45. to go in pursuit of : hunt, chase
  46. to follow the trail of backward : trace
  47. to enter, register, or enroll as a contestant in a race
  48. to go without restraint : move freely about at will
  49. to put forward as a candidate for office
  50. to carry (the football) on a running play
  51. to drive (livestock) especially to a grazing place
  52. to provide pasturage for (livestock)
  53. to keep or maintain (livestock) on or as if on pasturage
  54. to pass over or traverse with speed
  55. to run on or over in athletic competition
  56. to accomplish or perform by or as if by running
  57. to slip or go through or past
  58. to travel on in a boat
  59. to keep company : consort
  60. to cause to penetrate or enter : thrust
  61. stitch
  62. to cause to pass : lead
  63. to cause to collide
  64. smuggle
  65. to cause to pass lightly or quickly over, along, or into something
  66. to cause or allow (a vehicle or a vessel) to go in a specified manner or direction
  67. to drive past or through illegally without stopping
  68. operate
  69. to put into operation
  70. to sail before the wind in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled
  71. to direct the business or activities of : manage, conduct
  72. to do (a test or check) on
  73. to employ or supervise in espionage
  74. to be full of or drenched with
  75. contain, assay
  76. to cause to move or flow in a specified way or into a specified position
  77. to cause to produce a flow (as of water)
  78. to prepare by running a faucetalso
  79. to melt and cast in a mold
  80. treat, process, refine
  81. to make oneself liable to : incur
  82. roam, rove
  83. to mark out : draw
  84. to permit (charges) to accumulate before settling
  85. cost sense 1
  86. to produce by or as if by printing
  87. to carry in a printed or broadcast medium
  88. to appear in print or a broadcast medium
  89. to make (a series of counts) without a miss
  90. to lead winning cards of (a suit) successively
  91. to alter by addition
  92. to make (a golf ball) roll forward after alighting
  93. to go rapidly or hurriedly : hasten
  94. to eject (a player, coach, or manager) from a gamebaseball

Synonyms for run

Closest evidence-backed alternatives.

  • race
  • jog
  • trot
  • dash
  • drive
  • flee
  • flow
  • go
  • move
  • rush
  • sprint
  • bolt
  • course
  • hurry
  • skedaddle
  • dart
  • fly
  • speed
  • scurry
  • hasten

Synonyms by context

To move at a fast speed on foot

verb

  • career
  • gallop

To retreat from something frightening or dangerous

verb

  • escape
  • run away
  • run off
  • take off
  • depart
  • make off
  • take flight

To chase after (something)

verb

  • chase
  • pursue
  • follow
  • hound
  • shadow
  • tag
  • tail
  • track
  • trail

An act or spell of running

noun

  • spurt
  • amble
  • canter

A continuous period of a particular situation or condition

noun

  • period
  • stretch
  • spell
  • time
  • continuance
  • continuation
  • continuity
  • date
  • duration

A continuous sequence of a particular situation or condition

noun

  • sequence
  • series
  • chain
  • spate
  • streak
  • string
  • bout
  • succession
  • array

No longer happening or existing

adjective

  • done
  • over
  • gone
  • dead
  • extinct
  • finished
  • concluded
  • ended
  • bygone
  • defunct

Antonyms for run

  • crawl
  • end
  • stop
  • walk
  • cease
  • idle
  • stay
  • dawdle
  • halt
  • wait
  • dally
  • amble
  • stroll
  • delay
  • walk slowly
  • tread
  • step
  • lumber
  • plod
  • saunter

(walk) Opposite of to move at a fast speed on foot

  • walk
  • tread
  • dawdle
  • step
  • lumber
  • plod
  • saunter
  • stroll
  • trudge
  • advance

(stop) Opposite of to move at a fast speed on foot

  • stop
  • linger
  • wait
  • halt
  • hesitate
  • procrastinate
  • remain
  • rest
  • stall
  • tarry

Opposite of to retreat from something frightening or dangerous

  • stay
  • sojourn
  • abide
  • bide
  • delay

Opposite of an act or spell of running

    Opposite of a continuous period of a particular situation or condition

    • brief spurt

    Opposite of a continuous sequence of a particular situation or condition

    • cessation
    • end
    • finish
    • idleness
    • inaction
    • indifference
    • standing
    • stoppage

    Phrases

    • barrel along
    • beat it
    • belt along
    • be off like a shot
    • be quick
    • bomb along
    • book it
    • bowl along
    • bowl over
    • break out
    • bug out
    • burn rubber
    • cause to move
    • chuck it down
    • clear out
    • come back
    • cover ground
    • crack on
    • cut along
    • drive fast