RUNNING ON Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in holding up

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verb

present participle of run on

as in chatting

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 remaining

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 going 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 running on

Verb

In Michigan’s 10th district, Republican Michael Bouchard is running on his service as a Bronze Star Army captain and son of a longtime local sheriff. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 Susan Powers, a business owner and treasurer of the local chamber of commerce, is running on a platform of public transparency and promises to bring in new businesses and oppose tax hikes. — Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026 That is the daily huddles, the manager, the template and the twice-weekly reviews running on code. — Albert Mikkelsen, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 At the same time, a model developed using large computing clusters may ultimately need to operate in a clinic, school, robot or home device, which means running on much smaller hardware. — Bo Wang, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026 Only the cave paintings remain, flickering, filled with purple and brown rhinos, running on and on and running nowhere. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026 All but one of the trophies presented at the 78th Emmy Awards on Monday went to a program running on a streaming platform. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Machine learning algorithms running on computers on board the satellites will be able to detect incidents of potential interest and autonomously select significant images to send to the ground. — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026 An important milestone in this path is a fault-tolerant computer with over 100 million gates running on 200 qubits. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for running on

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In another scene, a group of climbers are chatting together next to a cluster of tents.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Dean Fryer, the restaurant’s namesake, nursed a pint outside while chatting with creative director Nicholas Blechman.

— Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of chatting

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The Hawks ruled out veteran guard CJ McCollum with a nose contusion ahead of Monday night’s game, opening the door for the rookie guard to run with the remaining available starters.

— Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Hope arose that the Daryl Powell settlement in January would lead to a quick resolution of the remaining lawsuits filed against the iconic Manhattan church.

— Luke Cyphers, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of remaining

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And the other film is about a Jordanian farmer and the water loss in Jordan, because there’s a whole political situation going on with water being stolen by Israel.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
There’s a lot of interesting work going on at Abundantia right now.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of going on

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Being able to have the in-person connectivity with talking to your coworkers, being able to collaborate, is great and then also the larger programming of the company as a whole.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
By then, despite the predictions, Callum was walking and talking.

— Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of talking

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The state cannot both claim the benefits of a settlement Florida declined to join while continuing to sue us.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
No deaths had been confirmed as of Friday afternoon, although emergency officials warned that assessments were continuing and communications with some affected communities remained difficult.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of continuing

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Another user experienced the issue on their Echo Show smart display but was able to stop the assistant from rambling by asking a random question.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
Throughout the latter two videos, Ivey spoke to the camera while driving his car and rambling through various evangelical talking points.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of rambling

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Their research showed that Chinese import competition did lasting damage to American manufacturing communities, which did not adjust as smoothly as optimistic accounts of globalization predicted.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Enríquez argued that lasting economic recovery would be difficult without a legitimate government and that credible elections would help establish confidence among international investors.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026