RAN ON Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

ran on

verb

past tense of run on

as in chatted

to engage in casual or rambling conversation we were just running on about how neither of us has aged a bit after all these years

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Relevance

as in remained

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state allow the savings account to run on for now

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as in went on

to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point she's very sweet, but she does tend to run on

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Recent Examples of ran on The simulations ran on Aurora, Argonne’s exascale supercomputer, using 8,100 computing nodes and about 50,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) per calculation. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026 The leasing office ran on a skeleton staff and a hold button. — Ken Lundin, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Nobody ran on the field playing a banjo to defend America's honor. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 But Pratt, a Trump-friendly Republican in a deep-blue city, ran on a promise of radical reform at City Hall. — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026 The model will handle document-review tasks that previously ran on Claude. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Paramount+ is also streaming all eight episodes of the first season, which ran on BET+ and BET previously, free on their YouTube channel. — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026 Platner ran on a progressive platform centered on affordability, universal health care and getting corporate money and influence out of politics. — Saige Miller, NPR, 10 July 2026 El-Sayed ran on a Sanders-esque populist platform, including a call for single-payer health care and to raise the minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour. — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ran on

Verb

Billboard chatted with October’s Hip-Hop Up & Comer, Noodah 05, about the origins of his name, why old-school R&B always has him in a chokehold, his desire to emulate André 3000, and his aspirations to become the new-age Thanos of rap.

— Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026
Authorities say Green has chatted with hundreds of young girls online.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of chatted

Verb

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack; the attackers’ motive remained unknown.

— Omar Akour, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Israeli and American leaders have been sharpening their threats before elections in both countries, while Iranian leaders have remained defiant.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of remained

Verb

Ars previously talked with one US robotics distributor that has pivoted from importing China’s humanoid robots to opening a US manufacturing facility for robots.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
In May of that year, Walzer and I sat in their kitchen and talked amid boxes waiting to be unpacked and paintings waiting to be hung.

— Jordi Graupera, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of talked

Verb

Lockheed Martin has continued research and development alongside its preparations for manufacturing.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Since Rock Candy came out in February, Mackeeper have continued to churn out sticky songs, and had one of them appear in The Drama.

— Samuel Hyland, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of continued

Verb

With six minutes left in a laugher, Walker, the reigning Super Bowl MVP, had rambled for 173 yards on 23 carries and had scored twice.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2026
Cars lined the streets looking for parking spots as people rambled through the bustling marketplace at Clock Tower Landing.

— Kendrick Calfee June 6, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026

Definition of rambled

Verb

Essential California checked out the trials, tested airport counters, walked through the terminal’s new gates and conversed with excited passengers looking forward to their next flight out of Burbank.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Hemingway commended Salinger, then a twenty-five-year-old staff sergeant, on his short stories, and the two conversed for hours.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026