RUNS Synonyms: 478 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of run

as in jogs

to go at a pace faster than a walk we ran all the way to the bus stop, but still missed the bus

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as in flees

to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening rather than run from a black bear, it's better to hold your ground and make lots of noise

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as in leads

to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the road runs along the river for a while

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as in varies

to occur within a continuous range of variation the electric bill runs between 30 and 50 dollars a month

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as in flows

to move in a stream water running down the window

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as in races

to proceed or move quickly run and get the nurse

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as in tends

to show a liking or proneness (for something) unfortunately, members of his family run to fatness

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as in drives

to urge, push, or force onward they ran the horses hard in order to get to the ranch quickly

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as in operates

to control the mechanical operation of I know how to run that machine

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as in becomes

to eventually have as a state or quality the poor woman ran herself ragged trying to care for all those children

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as in melts

to go from a solid to a liquid state her makeup started to run when she got in the pool

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as in manages

to look after and make decisions about learning to run the family business

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as in activates

to cause to function in olden days mills were run by flowing water

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as in costs

to have a price of that sort of computer runs at least several hundred dollars

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as in travels

to come or be together as friends he's been running with a bad crowd lately

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as in chases

to go after or on the track of if that dog continues to run cars, he's going to get seriously hurt

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runs

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noun

plural of run

as in diarrhea

abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools with weekend guests in the house, it was no time to get the runs

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Recent Examples of runs

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Blacksmith, a startup that runs the infrastructure companies use to test code before it ships, has been valued at $1 billion following a new $66 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 The person runs their fingers over the camera twice, then eats a banana through the mask before walking away. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Inspired by her experience, Purdie now shares her story on social media and runs a community called IVF Sisterhood in hopes of encouraging other women with fertility issues, especially those going through IVF past the age of 45. — Jessica Poitevien, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026 Elon Musk, who runs the company that makes money from artificial-intelligence technology, rockets and other businesses, also said that SpaceX took a step to consider a possible merger with Tesla, his electric-vehicle company. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 Nikon also runs the annual Small World in Motion video competition, which was embroiled in controversy this year. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 The group also runs STABLE, a program that helps formerly incarcerated Black women with housing, leadership and financial stability. — Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Serhii Sternenko, who runs a foundation supplying drones to Ukrainian forces and previously served as an adviser to Ukraine's defense minister, also reported the Starlink speed limits and later said the speeds were being limited even further. — Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026 Abell Diño-Cabrera, who heads Fire & Ice Media and runs the division’s film and TV development, production, positioning and sales work, will steer the alliance for the Philippine side. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

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Heli and bike skiing expeditions take place across 17 peaks over 800 diverse runs, the highest at 2,585m above sea level. — Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026 The Brewers became the first team to score eight runs with two outs in a World Series inning, and Booser allowed four of those runs. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026 Offensive Player of the Week Senior running back Wyatt Gregory led Sandwich to a 57-12 win Friday over Lisle in the 4A opening round, going for 149 yards on six carries with TD runs of 60, 45 and 25 yards. — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026 Gordon again ran hard Sunday, fueling Miami’s first TD drive with a 25-yard scamper and finishing with 103 yards on 25 carries (including a touchdown) and helping seal the game with runs of 14 and 7 yards to begin Miami’s final possession. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026 Reserve the most extensive suites for pre-merge or pre-deploy regression runs. — Jeff An, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Both those seven consecutive two-out hits and eight two-out runs were World Series records. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026 The Guardians wouldn’t give up and had the go-ahead run at first base in the eighth when Kevin Kelly struck out Brayan Rocchio to leave the bases loaded after two runs scored. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 Each of the previous two seasons have specific moments that led to those runs. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026

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When a review begins, the referee jogs straight to a pitchside monitor.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
First inning, Shohei Ohtani walks, steals second, jogs to third on a single by Freddie Freeman, scores on a grounder by Mookie Betts.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of jogs

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For example, if a bank robbery suspect flees in a vehicle and witnesses provide only a description, investigators can search the database for vehicles matching that description.

— Gino Vicci, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
The agent then flees into the titular pawn shop as a mob of protesters pursue him.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of flees

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Macron can’t seek a third consecutive term, and far-right leader Marine Le Pen leads polling for the first round of the presidential election on April 18.

— Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Cooper has led wire-to-wire over Republican opponent Michael Whatley, maintaining wide polling and fundraising leads and forcing key GOP super PACs to pause spending in the race to focus elsewhere.

— Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of leads

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While oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz have largely recovered, the cost to get that crude out has skyrocketed because of expensive and inefficient workarounds being used.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
While several leaders in my survey described stagnant information flows as an impediment to responding to overlapping disruptions, a few also reported tackling internal communications as a way to deal with polycrisis.

— Carol Geffner, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of flows

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Even as China races the United States for AI supremacy, Reuters has reported that China’s Moonshot AI is in talks with Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet for a share of the revenue those companies earn from hosting its Kimi K3 model.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
The high pressure air in the Great Basin races downhill to the coast.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of races

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This approach also drives innovation by ensuring new technologies address real challenges cotton growers are facing.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
And more importantly, what is this anxiety so many men feel about their emotions that drives them to torturously invent bodies that bear little resemblance to the human form?

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026