What are some opposite words for run down?
Antonyms for run downrun down
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term run down.
Wiktionary
run downverb
Synonyms:
run over, knock downrun downverb
run downverb
Synonyms:
track down
Princeton's WordNet
creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegoneadjective
worn and broken down by hard use
"a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"
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functioning, newSynonyms:
weak, infirm, abandoned, bedraggled, weakly, debile, rickety, woebegone, tumble-down, tatterdemalion, neglectful, run-down, remiss, rheumatoid, screaky, creaky, ramshackle, deserted, rheumy, decrepit, arthritic, delinquent, broken-down, rheumatic, dilapidated, flea-bitten, feeble, woeful, derelict, saplessrun-downverb
having the spring unwound
"a run-down watch"
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new, functioningSynonyms:
derelict, woebegone, flea-bitten, creaky, decrepitrun down, check outverb
trace
"We are running down a few tips"
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new, functioningSynonyms:
run over, conk out, play out, scan, go over, feel out, skim, check into, sap, poop out, run out, check, check over, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, suss out, rake, check up on, cheque, sound out, look into, tirerun downverb
move downward
"The water ran down"
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new, functioningSynonyms:
play out, tire, glance over, peter out, exhaust, rake, run over, scan, conk out, check out, skim, poop out, sap, run outrun down, run oververb
injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
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new, functioningSynonyms:
run over, conk out, play out, scan, skim, sap, overflow, poop out, run out, brim over, peter out, exhaust, glance over, overrun, check out, rake, well over, tirepoop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk outverb
use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
"At the end of the march, I pooped out"
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functioning, newSynonyms:
fizzle out, run over, conk out, play out, run off, scan, give way, die, bolt, beetle off, skim, break down, poop out, fizzle, bolt out, break, run out, drain, fail, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, rake, give out, sap, expire, spill, go, taper off, go bad, tirescan, skim, rake, glance over, run downverb
examine hastily
"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
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new, functioningSynonyms:
plane, run over, conk out, play out, scan, graze, sap, skim off, skim, skitter, crease, poop out, run out, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, cream, rake, cream off, read, skip, skim over, tirerun down, exhaust, play out, sap, tireverb
deplete
"exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
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functioning, newSynonyms:
sap, exhaust, eat up, play out, expel, wash up, eat, release, glance over, beat, tire, run over, wear out, rake, pall, tire out, peter out, use up, bore, tucker out, conk out, run out, jade, scan, run through, wear upon, wipe out, outwear, skim, discharge, weary, tucker, wear down, poop out, fatigue, eject, consume, check out, deplete, fag out, wearrun downverb
pursue until captured
"They ran down the fugitive"
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functioning, newSynonyms:
play out, tire, glance over, peter out, exhaust, rake, run over, scan, conk out, check out, skim, poop out, sap, run out
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
How to use run down in a sentence?
Unlike other organizations, we cannot just run down our operations, our animals must be fed and looked after.
Che Guevara presented a pitiful figure, dirty, smelly and run-down, che Guevara ’d been on the run for months. Che Guevara hair was long, messy and matted, and Che Guevara beard bushy.
These oil exporters are getting more defensive. They're probably reducing their equity exposure and moving to more liquid investments such as U.S. Treasuries in anticipation that they might need to run down their reserves.
I want to reach whatever potential I can, so I dont have a (goal) for however many yards or average yards per carry, because the thing is, if my team needs me to run down the clock in the fourth quarter and Im getting a bunch of 1-yard gains, Im fine with that and Im happy with that. I dont really care what it might look like at the very end on the stat line.
J. Jonah Jameson Hoffman, run down to the patent office and market the name Green Goblin. I want a quarter every time someone says it.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#27 | new | |
#9337 | functioning |
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