Synonyms of carried on

carried on

verb

past tense of carry on

1

as in acted out

to behave badly

a toddler crying and carrying on in the store

Synonyms & Similar Words

• acted out
• ran riot
• disobeyed
• rebelled
• acted up
• raised Cain
• misconducted
• misbehaved
• cut up
• kidded (around)
• showed off
• horsed around
• clowned (around)
• fooled around
• roughhoused

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conducted
• acted
• obeyed
• bore
• quit
• acquitted
• deported
• contained
• collected
• moved
• composed
• complied
• controlled
• handled
• checked
• conformed
• inhibited
• constrained
• comported
• restrained
• demeaned
• repressed
• curbed
• quieted

2

as in persisted

to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement

she bravely carried on despite the loss of her husband

Synonyms & Similar Words

• persisted
• hung in there
• persevered
• gutted it out
• hung on
• dug in
• followed through (with)
• kept up
• knuckled down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gave up
• knocked off
• quit
• submitted
• gave in
• bowed
• yielded
• surrendered
• succumbed
• hung back
• hesitated
• faltered
• wavered
• vacillated
• wobbled
• shilly-shallied

3

as in managed

to look after and make decisions about

carries on a business and still manages to run the household

Synonyms & Similar Words

• managed
• operated
• supervised
• conducted
• handled
• controlled
• regulated
• oversaw
• ran
• governed
• presided (over)
• watched over
• kept
• directed
• administered
• tended
• guided
• protected
• overlooked
• administrated
• stewarded
• superintended
• led
• cared (for)
• watched
• steered
• guarded
• safeguarded
• piloted
• minded
• comanaged
• codirected
• stage-managed
• micromanaged

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of carried on

That tradition is carried on by Gordon Kenny, the artist behind Double Wonderful, a (deliberately) inscrutable T-shirt brand. — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Harry ultimately carried on with the trip alone, while Meghan, Archie and Lilibet traveled to Britain from Portugal, where the family was vacationing, on July 9. — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

Fear of those predators, Jones argues, carried on through generations of folklore and morphed into the catch-all dragon. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026

Fans like Melau carried on as if Brazil, a frequent World Cup contender, was still playing. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026

Pipeline line fill, tank bottoms and other operational inventories are often carried on company balance sheets but generate little direct revenue. — Mia Gindis, Fortune, 9 July 2026

But since England progressed out of the group and through the last 32, Thompson has carried on the adventure alone. — Rob Tanner, New York Times, 5 July 2026

New York, however, is nothing if not resilient, and as disruptive as Swift and Kelce’s wedding could have been, in reality the neighborhood carried on with modest enthusiasm tempered with indifference. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 July 2026

Five of those have powered each variant of Russia’s R-7 rocket family since the 1950s, a legacy now carried on by the Soyuz launch vehicle. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026