RUNS ON Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

runs on

verb

present tense third-person singular of run on

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

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as in remains

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state allow the savings account to run on for now

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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

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Recent Examples of runs on The price is normally higher around the fall, ahead of the harvest season, when it's needed to power agricultural equipment — 75% of which runs on diesel, according to the Engine Technology Forum. — Willa Rubin, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026 Crucially, the reactor core runs on TRISO particle fuel, which packs uranium inside four concentric isotropic layers of carbon and silicon carbide. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026 Cameron allowed four runs on five hits while striking out seven and walking one over five innings. — Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 Bibee, who gave up five runs on four hits, tied a career high with five walks in four-plus innings. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 Castillo allowed four runs on eight hits with one strikeout and one walk in four innings. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026 Webb mentioned his poor performance in Boston in 2024, allowing four runs on nine hits over 3 2/3 innings. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026 Where Human Judgment Still Matters None of this runs on its own. — Karan Sharma, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for runs on

Verb

Shuenemeyer regularly chats with other arborists from Maine to Washington, looking to identify and catalog historic varieties of apples.

— Kevin Strong, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Some of the German Telegram chats date back to at least 2020, court documents show.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of chats

Verb

His future remains uncertain with the team currently rostering four QBs.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
But research that began in the 1990s has shown that something sparked an acceleration of the universe’s expansion about 6 billion years ago, and the cause remains unknown.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of remains

Verb

Fastest marathon while juggling a soccer ball, the men’s record for most touches of a soccer ball in one hour, the list goes on — 11,901 is the number to beat on the latter, for anyone looking to take a stab at it.

— Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
In addition to that expense, there’s a wedding gift (from a registry where items range from $250 to $2,500), a shower gift, a hotel room for a destination wedding, and the list goes on.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of goes on

Verb

Look for wildflowers and endemic fauna on the Tomales Point Trail, which rambles for nearly 10 miles on this special, skinny peninsula, delivering gorgeous, foggy views of the Pacific Ocean.

— Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2026
Kachina rambles for 5 miles but the most vibrant color is found on the first half of the hike.

— Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025

Definition of rambles

Verb

Entire product categories that were barely imaginable in 2020 are now weekend projects such as a tutor that converses in Mandarin, a paralegal that drafts and redlines, and a designer that produces forty variations before lunch.

— Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Epstein converses with Summers Larry Summers, Clinton’s Treasury secretary and the director of the National Economic Council under former President Obama, corresponded with Epstein numerous times via email.

— Max Rego, The Hill, 13 Nov. 2025