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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fast moving on foot |
| Synonyms: | amble, bound, break, canter, dart, dash, drop, escape, fall, flight, gallop, jog, lope, pace, race, rush, scamper, scuttle, spring, sprint, spurt, tear, trot, whisk |
| Antonyms: | standing, walking |
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sequence, course |
| Synonyms: | bearing, chain, continuance, continuation, continuity, current, cycle, drift, duration, endurance, field, flow, line, motion, movement, passage, path, period, persistence, progress, prolongation, round, route, season, series, spell, streak, stream, stretch, string, succession, swing, tendency, tenor, tide, trend, way |
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move fast on foot |
| Synonyms: | abscond, amble, barrel, beat it, bolt, bound, bustle, canter, career, clear out, course, cut and run, dart, dash, decamp, depart, dog it, escape, flee, flit, fly, gallop, go like lightning, hasten, hie, hotfoot, hurry, hustle, jog, leg it, light out, lope, make a break, make off, make tracks, pace, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scorch, scramble, scud, scurry, shag, shoot, skedaddle, skip, skitter, smoke*, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, take flight, take off, tear, tear out, travel, trot, whisk |
| Antonyms: | stand, walk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move rapidly, flowingly |
| Synonyms: | bleed, cascade, course, deliquesce, diffuse, discharge, dissolve, drop, fall, flow, flux, fuse, glide, go, go soft, gush, issue, leak, leap, liquefy, melt, pass, pour, proceed, roll, sail, scud, skim, slide, spill, spin, spout, spread, stream, thaw, tumble, turn to liquid, whirl, whiz |
| Antonyms: | cease, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | operate, drive |
| Synonyms: | act, bear, carry, command, control, convey, go, govern, handle, manage, maneuver, move, perform, ply, propel, tick, transport, use, work |
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, supervise |
| Synonyms: | administer, be in charge, be in driver's seat, be in saddle, boss, carry on, conduct, control, coordinate, direct, head, head up, helm, keep, lead, look after, operate, ordain, oversee, own, pull the strings, regulate, ride herd on, superintend, take care of |
| Antonyms: | obey, serve |
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue, range |
| Synonyms: | be current, circulate, cover, encompass, extend, go, go around, go on, last, lie, move past, persevere, proceed, reach, spread, stretch, trail, vary |
| Antonyms: | cease, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to be elected to public office |
| Synonyms: | be a candidate, challenge, compete, contend, contest, hit the campaign trail, kiss babies, oppose, politick, race, ring doorbells, shake hands, stand, stump, whistlestop |
| Main Entry: | administer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage an organization or effort |
| Synonyms: | administrate, be in the driver's seat, be in the saddle, boss*, carry out, conduct, control, crack the whip, direct, execute, govern, head, head up, hold the reins, oversee, pull the strings, pull the wires, render, ride herd on, run, run the show, sit on top of, superintend, supervise |
| Antonyms: | forego, mismanage, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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