RUNS Synonyms: 478 Similar and Opposite Words

runs 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of run

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

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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

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as in leads

to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the road runs along the river for a while

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as in varies

to occur within a continuous range of variation the electric bill runs between 30 and 50 dollars a month

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as in flows

to move in a stream water running down the window

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as in races

to proceed or move quickly run and get the nurse

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as in tends

to show a liking or proneness (for something) unfortunately, members of his family run to fatness

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as in drives

to urge, push, or force onward they ran the horses hard in order to get to the ranch quickly

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as in operates

to control the mechanical operation of I know how to run that machine

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as in becomes

to eventually have as a state or quality the poor woman ran herself ragged trying to care for all those children

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as in melts

to go from a solid to a liquid state her makeup started to run when she got in the pool

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as in manages

to look after and make decisions about learning to run the family business

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as in activates

to cause to function in olden days mills were run by flowing water

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as in costs

to have a price of that sort of computer runs at least several hundred dollars

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as in travels

to come or be together as friends he's been running with a bad crowd lately

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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

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runs

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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

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Recent Examples of runs

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The England left-back, who turned 22 on Tuesday, was already contracted for another three years but Newcastle have handed him a fresh deal on improved terms which now runs for a further two. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 For starters, its emerald shade runs close to the color jade. — Tom Roland, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026 Every episode runs for two minutes — oddly a perfect length for the microdrama era, despite the fact that it was first released nearly 15 years ago — and follows the antics of the teen girls on the Kameido High tennis club. — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026 That sense of exclusivity and seclusion is visible from A1A, where a canopied two-lane road runs between the estate homes and beachside condominiums. — Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026 The renewable partnership between the Pompidou and Kanal runs until 2031. — News Desk, Artforum, 11 Sep. 2026 Active construction is expected to impact pedestrian and bicycle traffic on the River Raisin Heritage Trail that runs under I-75, MDOT said. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 That idea of jewelry as a vessel for reinterpretation and connection between different wearers also runs throughout the exhibit. — Livia Caligor, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026 Running alongside another military assignment The project runs alongside another major military nuclear assignment awarded to the firm earlier this year. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

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Since Monday’s 2-0 loss to the Phillies, where the Braves were held to a complete-game shutout by Luzardo, Braves starters have only had four runs of support. — Jesús Cano, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 People have always looked for errant glimmers of the dead in the world around them, but now the past runs parallel to — imprints upon, and circles around — the present to a degree that can severely confuse the relationship between the two. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026 The Dodgers' 13 runs of support were the most for Yamamoto since July 19. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026 Quarterback Keirion Tate passed for 285 yards and scored on touchdown runs of 45, 38 and 2 yards. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Sugano allowed five runs and four hits in six innings in his fourth straight loss. — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, Perez surrendered six runs, nine hits and three walks over 4 2/3 frames for the Marlins. — Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 The Unifrance Rendez-Vous runs from September 7 to 10 in Le Havre. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026

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First inning, Shohei Ohtani walks, steals second, jogs to third on a single by Freddie Freeman, scores on a grounder by Mookie Betts.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Against Senegal, Odegaard casually jogs off the pitch at the near post to drag a player away from the box as Julian Ryerson delivers the corner.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026

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When David flees before the FBI can arrest him, Teagan and her mother, Ella (Jessica Paré), are blindsided, and are forced to leave their affluent Los Angeles community for Ella’s hometown, Eagle’s Cove, a fictional town in Massachusetts.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
But that’s not the property’s only claim to fame; the home also appeared in The Undoing, when Grace (played by Nicole Kidman) flees to the beach after her husband (Hugh Grant) goes missing.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of flees

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And that overall sense of purpose flows from a production unusually well-protected by the women who truly understand this fictional world’s appeal.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026
The organizations that will move fastest in 2027 will be the ones redesigning how work flows across people, processes, governance and enterprise systems.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of flows

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In its breathless finale, Curry races through the mansion reconstructing every murder, flinging himself through doors and corridors while maintaining the verbal precision of a stage actor performing at double speed.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Finn Gomez / Getty Images Kirkwood, who races for Andretti Global, started second but took the lead on the opening lap with a daring maneuver around the outside of pole-sitter and championship leader Alex Palou in front of the National Archives.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026

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But Argano, who drives Engine 10, isn't quite ready to pack it in.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
Also at play are generic and biosimilar products that have come onto the market, offering competition that drives down the prices of expensive brand-name and biologic drugs.

— Melissa Goldin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026