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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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 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 The 2022 World Cup, the clearest expression of the strategy, ran on migrant labor whose reforms the International Labour Organization called real and whose enforcement Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said lagged. — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 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 The former hedge fund manager ran on a progressive platform, promising to slash electricity bills by 25%, build 1 million new homes and rollout single-payer health insurance. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026 Koch left office in 1989, after losing his campaign for an unprecedented fourth term to David Dinkins, who ran on the promise of easing racial tensions. — Kevin Lozano, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026 The Musical’ The cartoon character Betty Boop from the 1930s takes the spotlight of a stage musical that ran on Broadway in 2025. — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026 Creuzot, a former state district judge and pioneer of diversion programs that steer low-level offenders from prison into rehabilitation programs, ran on his record. — Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ran on

Verb

Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones chatted about the special occasion.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
Withers rocked a black tank top and chatted closely with his friend and honor presenter Shipka, while McRae and Sombr held court in individual booths on the Four Seasons lawn peppered with activations from Eternal Water and CashApp.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of chatted

Verb

As her pregnancy progressed, Kabita’s belly swelled while the rest of her remained gaunt.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
When the Los Angeles County wildfires broke out last year, the Palisades Village remained largely unscathed after Caruso hired private firefighters to protect it.

— Tom Wait, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of remained

Verb

Hubbard went on to run Kentucky’s Social Security disability system and its child-support-enforcement program, before leading its Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control.

— Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
After a severe overnight storm prior to the event, however, the Premier Access viewing area was canceled, organizers said, even though much of the Sail4th 250 celebration went on elsewhere.

— Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of went on

Verb

Merzel tossed him and Sale said something to crew chief Dan Bellino as the two talked near the dugout rail.

— Larry Fleisher, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
The latest venture from Soho House founder Nick Jones, the restaurant has quickly become one of the area’s most talked-about new openings, so reservations are recommended.

— Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of talked

Verb

His velocity has continued to sink lower than his average speed in past seasons.

— Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
More than 1,100 homes were destroyed and at least 8,300 were damaged as rescue workers and volunteers continued searching for survivors, CBS News reported.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of continued

Verb

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
When asked simple questions by William Savitt, one of the attorneys representing OpenAI, Musk rambled and avoided the issue at hand.

— Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026

Definition of rambled

Verb

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
For a moment, two referees from the Falcons’ seventh training camp practice looked at each other, conversed and truly didn’t know what to rule.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of conversed

Verb

Alex Lange smoothly handled the seventh, but lefty Aaron Bummer only lasted 20 pitches into the eighth inning and allowed a Josh Bell RBI single to cut the lead to 3-2 before he was replaced by right-hander Nate Pearson.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026
Her dad decided to follow in his father’s footsteps, and started his own restaurant that lasted for 28 years.

— Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026