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Synonyms for run
Synonyms for run: move, work, campaign, melt, ply, race, range, streak and trial. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 9 synonyms for run
Interchangeable with run, one per sense
Audited under run's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one run carries in that sense.
- moveverb, in the sense "progress by being changed"
- workverb, in the sense "perform as expected when applied"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name run as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- campaigncampaign is a noun in the sense "a race between candidates for elective office"
- meltmelt is a verb in the sense "reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating"
- plyply is a verb in the sense "travel a route regularly"
- racerace is a verb in the sense "compete in a race"
- rangerange is a verb in the sense "change or be different within limits"
- streakstreak is a noun in the sense "an unbroken series of events"
- trialtrial is a noun in the sense "the act of testing something"
two of these come from run's own entries in the bank, and seven were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
progress by being changed
Run through your presentation before the meeting.
run in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The chef asked the trainee to run through the recipe steps before the dinner rush began.
- She wanted to run through the letter one more time before sending it to the board.
How it behaves: In this sense, run usually appears in the phrasal form run through followed by a noun object such as a plan, script, or document, in an informal, spoken register.
The true synonym
move
Same sentence, swapped: Move through your presentation before the meeting.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- escape
- end
- die
perform as expected when applied
Does this old car still run well?
run in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The mechanic asked whether the generator would run properly after the new part was installed.
- Nobody could get the old mixer to run smoothly no matter how they cleaned it.
How it behaves: In this sense run is typically intransitive, taking a machine, engine, or system as its subject, and often pairs with a manner adverb such as well, smoothly, or properly.
The true synonym
work
Same sentence, swapped: Does this old car still work well?
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot run is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- carry
- escape
- malfunction
Opposites, in this sense
fail and stall reverse run as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of run takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- fail
- stall
Where run turns up in the game
run is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in ten other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 10 puzzles where run is the trap
- killverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is defeat, in the sense "thwart the passage of", with run sitting one tile away.
- matternoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is issue, in the sense "some situation or event that is thought about", and run is on the board beside it.
- playverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is toy, in the sense "engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously", so run is there to be ruled out.
- touchverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is match, in the sense "be equal to in quality or ability", and run is on the board beside it.
Play run
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so run reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other change words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. run carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.