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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Sebold’s was the third such attack in Thornden Park, which runs alongside the campus, in about seven months. — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2026 The center runs workshops on how to build air purifiers, how to measure heat and temperature in homes, and teaches solutions for treating those problems. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 After basketball starting lineups, Butler Blue traditionally runs toward a 2-foot ceremonial rawhide bone. — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Walker runs the Species-from-Feces project, an initiative that invites the public to submit samples of bat guano from around the world to learn more about their bat neighbors. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The company runs the Soil work co-working space, Parklet Bakery, the standing wine shop and dim sum restaurant timsum, and Overview Coffee, all within a few minutes' walk of one another, and a ten-minute stroll from sister property K5 in Kabutocho. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026 The logo was designed by Justin Wieners with Hot Dog Designs, whose family runs Monstera’s Books in Overland Park. — Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Dimitris Maniatis, who runs the maritime risk firm Marisks, told Bloomberg Television that cleanup alone could run $200 million to $500 million. — Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026 The center runs 24 hours a day for 362 days each year, allowing United to cycle pilots through training without slowing its broader flight operations. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026

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Additionally, owning Imax would provide any filmmaker that signed on to work with Netflix the opportunity for premium theatrical runs. — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 According to Fielding Bible, the club ranks ninth with 36 defensive runs saved. — Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026 In the library, Morris & Co’s Snakeshead wall covering runs above the quarter-sawn oak paneling. — Caroline Randall Williams, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026 Jaytn Briles had four receptions for 121 yards with Brayden Boults carrying the load at running back with 79 yards on 18 carries with scoring runs of 1 and 18 yards. — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026 In 517 plate appearances, Dillon Dingler has hit 26 long balls (20th in MLB), tallied 82 RBIs (10th in MLB) and scored 65 runs. — Data Skrive, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 With five runs plated in Wednesday’s win, the Yankees, stuck in an extended offensive dry spell, have now scored at least four runs in consecutive games for the first time since July 9-12. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026 Clemens drove in three runs and Kaelen Culpepper added three hits for Minnesota. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 The 23-year-old right-hander gave up three hits, two runs and two walks in 3 2/3 innings. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 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

Definition of jogs

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At the end of the 2001 film, Rodriguez’s Letty flees the country.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
Holden eagerly rebels against Pencey Prep, gets the boot, and flees to New York City, a place with its own vices and hazards, but without the sort of propaganda and pretense that obscure the school’s dark underside.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of flees

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San Diego leads Arizona by a half-game in the race for the National League’s final wild-card spot.

— Dennis Lin, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Norman, who also leads a host of gloriously entertaining tours around London and beyond, built this show around the same idea — that even the driest elements of history become much more fun when everyone is invited to join in.

— Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of leads

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Private lenders may also offer autopay discounts, although the amount varies.

— Amy DeYoung, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Chami noted that the price for working with content creators varies from $250-$1,000 per post, and justified rates that are on the higher end of the spectrum.

— Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of varies

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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

Definition of races

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But in general, even a degree in the humanities and other non-STEM fields tends to result in higher incomes compared with those who never finished college.

— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Aaronson pointed to the second law of thermodynamics, which states that entropy, a measure of disorder, tends to increase over time.

— Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of tends

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Reuse drives the design That reusable architecture could be just as important as the rocket’s lower unit cost.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
The science behind rare disease drug development is changing fast, and with it, so is the financial engine that drives it all.

— Brad Quick, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026