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Synonyms & Antonyms of running
(Entry 1 of 4)
- the car has been running for almost an entire day
Synonyms for running
- active,
- alive,
- functional,
- functioning,
- going,
- live,
- living,
- on,
- operating,
- operational,
- operative,
- working
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- a running struggle just to make ends meet
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- alternate,
- alternating,
- cyclic
- (or cyclical),
- rhythmic
- (or rhythmical),
- seasonal,
- serial
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running
nounSynonyms of running (Entry 2 of 4)
- left the running of the corporation to his subordinates
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running
adverbSynonyms & Antonyms of running (Entry 3 of 4)
- he won the championship five times running
Synonyms for running
- back-to-back,
- consecutively,
- hand running
- [dialect],
- sequentially,
- seriatim,
- successionally,
- successively,
- together
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running
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of running (Entry 4 of 4)
- we ran all the way to the bus stop, but still missed the bus
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- barreling
- (or barrelling),
- belting,
- blasting,
- blazing,
- blowing,
- bolting,
- bombing
- [slang],
- bowling,
- breezing,
- bustling,
- buzzing,
- cannonballing,
- careening,
- coursing,
- footing (it),
- haring,
- hastening,
- hoofing (it),
- hotfooting (it),
- humping,
- hurling,
- hurrying,
- hurtling,
- hustling,
- hying
- (or hieing),
- jetting,
- legging (it),
- pelting,
- racing,
- ramming,
- ripping,
- rocketing,
- rushing,
- rustling,
- shooting,
- speeding,
- tearing,
- whirling,
- whisking,
- zipping,
- zooming
Near Antonyms for running
- rather than run from a black bear, it's better to hold your ground and make lots of noise
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- absconding,
- clearing out,
- decamping,
- eloping,
- escaping,
- getting (away),
- getting out,
- lamming,
- lighting out,
- making off,
- mizzling
- [chiefly British],
- scarpering
- [British],
- scatting,
- scramming,
- skipping (out),
- skirring
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- the electric bill runs between 30 and 50 dollars a month
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- water running down the window
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Antonyms for running
- run and get the nurse
Synonyms for running
- barreling
- (or barrelling),
- belting,
- blasting,
- blazing,
- blowing,
- bolting,
- bombing
- [slang],
- bowling,
- breezing,
- bundling,
- bustling,
- buzzing,
- cannonballing,
- careening,
- careering,
- chasing,
- coursing,
- cracking (on),
- dashing,
- driving,
- flying,
- haring,
- hastening,
- highballing,
- hotfooting (it),
- humping,
- hurling,
- hurrying,
- hurtling,
- hustling,
- hying
- (or hieing),
- jetting,
- jumping,
- motoring,
- nipping,
- pelting,
- racing,
- ramming,
- ripping,
- rocketing,
- rushing,
- rustling,
- scooting,
- scurrying,
- scuttling,
- shooting,
- speeding,
- stepping,
- tearing,
- traveling
- (or travelling),
- trotting,
- whirling,
- whisking,
- zipping,
- zooming
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- unfortunately, members of his family run to fatness
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- they ran the horses hard in order to get to the ranch quickly
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- I know how to run that machine
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- the poor woman ran herself ragged trying to care for all those children
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- her makeup started to run when she got in the pool
Synonyms for running
- deliquescing,
- fluxing,
- fusing,
- liquefying
- (also liquifying),
- melting,
- thawing
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- learning to run the family business
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- in olden days mills were run by flowing water
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- charging,
- electrifying,
- energizing,
- firing,
- fueling
- (or fuelling),
- generating,
- powering,
- pushing
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- that sort of computer runs at least several hundred dollars
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- he's been running with a bad crowd lately
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- affiliating,
- allying,
- attaching,
- banding,
- bonding,
- clubbing,
- collaborating,
- colluding,
- confederating,
- conjoining,
- connecting,
- cooperating,
- coupling,
- ganging,
- getting along,
- getting on,
- grouping,
- interrelating,
- joining,
- knotting,
- leaguing,
- linking,
- mingling,
- mixing,
- rallying,
- relating,
- siding,
- socializing,
- teaming,
- tying
- (or tieing),
- wedding
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- if that dog continues to run cars, he's going to get seriously hurt
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