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?
We're simply in an impossible situation in which it will be impossible for Treasury on that day, or a few days thereafter... We'll have very limited resources, it will be run down quickly. We won't be able to pay all of the government's bills.
I couldn’t really run down the street.
We have no need for a fire sale given the quality of the assets and the run-down profile.
We should be worried the way we have run down our submarine fleet. But with China bearing down on us, the way it is on the Himalayas, the South China Sea and now the Indian Ocean, we should be even more worried, fortunately, there are signs this government has woken up to the crisis.
New York is the only city in the world where you can get deliberately run down on the sidewalk by a pedestrian.
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