Synonyms of runs on

runs on

verb

present tense third-person singular of run on

1

as in chats

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chats
• talks
• blows smoke
• converses
• rattles
• gabbles
• visits
• shmoozes
• chews the rag
• chaffers
• prates
• discusses
• chatters
• schmoozes
• talks a blue streak
• jaws
• shoots the breeze
• gases
• patters
• cackles
• chews the fat
• prattles
• babbles
• blabs
• jabbers
• natters
• raps
• gabs
• palavers
• chins
• gasses
• kibitzes
• gossips
• kibbitzes
• twitters
• tattles
• descants
• yaps
• yammers
• yaks
• expatiates
• yacks

2

as in remains

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state

allow the savings account to run on for now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• remains
• continues
• lasts
• holds on
• persists
• stays
• endures
• keeps up
• survives
• holds up
• bides
• abides
• lingers
• perdures
• sticks around
• prevails
• carries through
• tarries

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ends
• stops
• dies
• passes
• concludes
• expires
• ceases
• leaves off
• finishes
• closes
• lapses
• dies (down)
• terminates
• quits
• winds up
• discontinues
• moderates
• desists
• wanes
• lets up
• subsides
• ebbs
• abates

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• ends
• stops
• dies
• passes
• concludes
• expires
• ceases
• leaves off
• finishes
• closes
• lapses
• dies (down)
• terminates
• quits
• winds up
• discontinues
• moderates
• desists
• wanes
• lets up
• subsides
• ebbs
• abates

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3

as in goes 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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• goes on
• rambles
• rattles
• runs one's mouth
• blathers (on)
• wanders
• deviates
• maunders
• strays
• digresses
• chats
• blithers
• waffles
• sidetracks
• prates
• gabbles
• patters
• burbles
• chatters
• blabbers
• drivels
• gibbers
• gabs
• prattles
• drools
• blabs
• jabbers
• bumbles