Synonyms of runs

runs 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of run

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jogs
• trots
• sprints
• races
• skips
• gallops
• speeds
• hurries
• rushes
• trips
• scampers
• leaps
• dashes
• scurries
• scoots
• zips
• hustles
• bounds
• lopes
• springs
• hurls
• bowls
• barrels
• rips
• legs (it)
• scuttles
• buzzes
• hurtles
• courses
• blows
• hastens
• hoofs (it)
• zooms
• blasts
• blazes
• tears
• jets
• rams
• whisks
• careens
• hies
• canters
• bustles
• hares
• rustles
• whirls
• breezes
• belts
• shags
• rockets
• steps (along)
• humps
• shoots
• pelts
• bolts
• foots (it)
• bombs
• nips
• patters
• hotfoots (it)
• cannonballs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strolls
• drags
• shuffles
• saunters
• ambles
• lingers
• lags
• crawls
• pokes
• shambles
• creeps
• loiters
• dawdles
• trudges
• tarries
• dallies
• plods
• lumbers
• limps
• hobbles
• dillydallies

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flees
• retreats
• flies
• bolts
• escapes
• breaks
• runs away
• runs off
• beats a retreat
• beats it
• turns tail
• hightails (it)
• makes tracks
• skedaddles
• bugs out
• gets (away)
• absconds
• gets out
• skips (out)
• elopes
• decamps
• clears out
• makes off
• lams
• lights out
• scats
• scrams
• mizzles
• skirrs
• scarpers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confronts
• dares
• faces
• defies
• remains
• stays
• dwells
• lingers
• braves
• hangs around
• abides
• beards
• sticks around
• tarries

3

as in leads

to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction

the road runs along the river for a while

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leads
• goes
• extends
• lies
• heads
• passes
• crosses
• follows
• bears
• cuts
• spans
• courses
• traverses

4

as in varies

to occur within a continuous range of variation

the electric bill runs between 30 and 50 dollars a month

Synonyms & Similar Words

• varies
• ranges
• goes
• moves
• reaches
• shifts
• fluctuates
• extends
• sweeps
• changes
• stretches
• alternates
• mutates

5

as in flows

to move in a stream

water running down the window

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flows
• pours
• streams
• rushes
• drips
• rolls
• races
• emanates
• floods
• springs
• issues
• arises
• gushes
• courses
• flushes
• spurts
• trickles
• ripples
• engulfs
• inundates
• spouts
• effuses
• sheets
• overflows
• overruns
• cascades
• dribbles
• disembogues
• swamps
• fountains
• deluges
• riffles
• washes out
• gutters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• backs up
• sets
• hardens
• coagulates
• gels
• congeals
• clots

6

as in races

to proceed or move quickly

run and get the nurse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• races
• speeds
• scurries
• trots
• hurries
• rushes
• travels
• drives
• zips
• jumps
• chases
• flies
• buzzes
• scoots
• blows
• jogs
• scuttles
• darts
• rips
• bowls
• steps
• blasts
• zooms
• dashes
• tears
• barrels
• hurls
• rams
• hustles
• blazes
• whirls
• hurtles
• shoots
• motors
• courses
• rustles
• cracks (on)
• hastens
• gallops
• whisks
• bolts
• bundles
• careers
• hies
• careens
• jets
• bustles
• breezes
• hares
• steps on it
• beats it
• belts
• humps
• nips
• rockets
• pelts
• makes tracks
• gets a move on
• bombs
• scampers
• flits
• shakes a leg
• sprints
• cannonballs
• highballs
• hotfoots (it)
• accelerates
• streaks
• whizzes
• outruns
• overtakes
• stampedes
• scuds
• beetles
• quickens
• outpaces
• outstrips
• steps out
• scuffles
• arrows
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• drags
• pokes
• lingers
• lags
• creeps
• hangs (around or out)
• pokes
• loiters
• dawdles
• strolls
• shuffles
• saunters
• ambles
• tarries
• dallies
• plods
• slows (down or up)
• lumbers
• decelerates
• dillydallies

7

as in tends

to show a liking or proneness (for something)

unfortunately, members of his family run to fatness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tends
• leans
• trends
• goes
• inclines
• indicates
• suggests
• points
• gravitates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoids
• shuns
• shies (from or away from)

8

as in drives

to urge, push, or force onward

they ran the horses hard in order to get to the ranch quickly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drives
• herds
• punches
• shepherds
• whips
• spurs
• eggs
• prompts
• exhorts
• wrangles
• presses
• prods
• pricks
• hounds
• goads
• flogs
• scourges

9

as in operates

to control the mechanical operation of

I know how to run that machine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• operates
• uses
• handles
• works
• drives
• manipulates
• wields
• maneuvers
• controls
• steers
• guides
• plies
• directs
• pilots
• commands

10

as in becomes

to eventually have as a state or quality

the poor woman ran herself ragged trying to care for all those children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• becomes
• grows
• goes
• gets
• comes
• turns
• transforms
• modifies
• waxes
• alters
• changes
• transmutes
• mutates
• transfigures
• metamorphoses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• is
• continues
• remains
• stays
• lingers
• abides

11

as in melts

to go from a solid to a liquid state

her makeup started to run when she got in the pool

Synonyms & Similar Words

• melts
• thaws
• liquefies
• softens
• liquifies
• tries
• founds
• dissolves
• fuses
• deliquesces
• fluxes
• smelts
• thins
• renders
• gutters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sets
• solidifies
• hardens
• thickens
• coagulates
• congeals
• gels
• clots
• jells
• jellies

12

as in manages

to look after and make decisions about

learning to run the family business

Synonyms & Similar Words

• operates
• manages
• supervises
• oversees
• regulates
• conducts
• handles
• controls
• governs
• tends
• administers
• directs
• keeps
• protects
• guides
• administrates
• carries on
• watches over
• steers
• presides (over)
• leads
• overlooks
• superintends
• watches
• stewards
• safeguards
• cares (for)
• guards
• pilots
• minds
• micromanages
• stage-manages
• codirects
• comanages

13

as in activates

to cause to function

in olden days mills were run by flowing water

Synonyms & Similar Words

• activates
• triggers
• drives
• sparks
• generates
• powers
• starts
• fuels
• moves
• sets off
• ignites
• turns on
• pushes
• provokes
• actuates
• touches off
• cranks (up)
• launches
• fires
• electrifies
• energizes
• stimulates
• charges
• switches
• turns over
• trips
• reactivates
• kicks over
• accelerates
• recharges
• releases
• stirs up
• incites
• instigates
• excites
• discharges
• catalyzes
• quickens
• arouses
• kick-starts
• speeds (up)
• steps up
• jump-starts
• vitalizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• kills
• cuts
• stops
• turns off
• checks
• shuts off
• cuts out
• sticks
• brakes
• arrests
• stalls
• halts
• jams
• cuts off
• slows
• draws up
• deactivates
• suppresses
• represses
• decelerates
• stunts

14

as in costs

to have a price of

that sort of computer runs at least several hundred dollars

Synonyms & Similar Words

• costs
• fetches
• brings
• goes (for)
• sells (for)
• comes (to)
• lists (for)
• amounts (to)
• asks
• demands
• totals
• exacts
• commands

15

as in travels

to come or be together as friends

he's been running with a bad crowd lately

Synonyms & Similar Words

• travels
• connects
• collaborates
• mixes
• bonds
• associates
• mingles
• joins
• befriends
• sorts
• rubs shoulders (with)
• hooks up
• relates
• companies
• fraternizes
• cooperates
• hangs (around or out)
• takes up with
• chums
• pals (around)
• rubs elbows (with)
• consociates
• teams
• friends
• socializes
• keeps company (with)
• falls in with
• consorts
• rallies
• ties
• groups
• hobnobs
• allies
• sides
• links
• colludes
• clubs
• affiliates
• gangs
• attaches
• interrelates
• couples
• messes around
• gets on
• gets along
• knots
• is friends with
• leagues
• conjoins
• weds
• bands
• confederates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoids
• shuns
• alienates
• snubs
• splits
• disperses
• splits (up)
• breaks up
• estranges
• cold-shoulders
• dissociates
• severs
• disbands
• divorces
• sunders
• disjoins
• disunites

16

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chases
• pursues
• tracks
• follows
• accompanies
• runs after
• traces
• escorts
• trails
• tails
• courses
• dogs
• shadows
• tags
• bird-dogs
• hounds
• watches
• seeks
• hunts
• eyes
• searches (for)
• observes
• chaperons
• chaperones

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leads
• guides
• pilots
• heads

runs

2 of 2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• diarrhea
• trots
• Delhi belly
• flux
• turista
• Montezuma's revenge
• dysentery
• shigellosis
• scour(s)