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| Main Entry: | running |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | continuous, flowing, operating |
| Synonyms: | active, alive, constant, dynamic, easy, effortless, fluent, incessant, live, moving, operative, perpetual, proceeding, producing, smooth, together, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, working, cursive, executing, functioning, going, in action, in operation, in succession |
| Antonyms: | broken, discontinuous, intermittent, occasional |
| Main Entry: | running |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | continually |
| Synonyms: | consecutively, night and day*, together, continuously, successively, unintermittedly, uninterruptedly |
| Antonyms: | broken, occasionally, intermittently |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | running |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management of organization |
| Synonyms: | administration, care, charge, conduct, control, direction, handling, leadership, maintenance, operation, organization, oversight, performance, regulation, supervision, working, coordination, functioning, intendance, superintendency |
| 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, dart, dash, decamp, depart, escape, flee, flit, fly, gallop, hasten, hie, hotfoot*, hurry, hustle, jog, light out*, lope, make off, pace, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scorch, scramble, scud, scurry, shoot, skedaddle*, skip, smoke*, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, take off, tear, travel, trot, whisk, cut and run, dog it, go like lightning, leg it, make a break, make tracks, shag, skitter, take flight, tear out |
| Antonyms: | stand, walk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move rapidly, flowingly |
| Synonyms: | bleed, cascade, course, diffuse, discharge, dissolve, drop, fall, flow, flux, fuse, glide, go, gush, issue, leak, leap, liquefy, melt, pass, pour, proceed, roll, sail, scud, skim, slide, spill, spin, spout, spread, stream, thaw, tumble, whirl, whiz, deliquesce, go soft, turn to liquid |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue, range |
| Synonyms: | circulate, cover, encompass, extend, go, go on, last, lie, persevere, proceed, reach, spread, stretch, trail, vary, be current, go around, move past |
| Antonyms: | cease, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to be elected to public office |
| Synonyms: | challenge, compete, contend, contest, oppose, race, stand, stump, be a candidate, hit the campaign trail, kiss babies, politick, ring doorbells, shake hands, whistlestop |
| Main Entry: | consecutive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in sequence |
| Synonyms: | after, chronological, connected, constant, continuing, continuous, ensuing, following, in turn, increasing, later, logical, progressive, running, sequential, serial, successive, understandable, uninterrupted, going on, in order, numerical, one after another, sequent, serialized, seriate, seriatim, succedent, succeeding, successional |
| Antonyms: | broken, discontinuous, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, unconsecutive |
| Main Entry: | continual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | constant, incessant |
| Synonyms: | ceaseless, connected, consecutive, continuous, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, frequent, interminable, permanent, perpetual, persistent, recurrent, regular, relentless, repeated, repetitive, running, steady, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, unchanging, unending, unfailing, unflagging, uninterrupted, unvarying, aeonian, around-the-clock, dateless, oft-repeated, persisting, staying, unremitting, unwaning |
| Notes: | continually means 'repeatedly, with breaks in between' and continuously means 'without interruption, in an unbroken stream'; continual typically refers to time while continuous can refer to space as well as time |
| Antonyms: | broken, halting, inconstant, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, occasional, temporary, ceasing, checked |
| Main Entry: | effortless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easy |
| Synonyms: | child's play, cursive, duck soup*, facile, flowing, fluent, light, no problem, no sweat, offhand, painless, picnic*, piece of cake*, royal, running, simple, smooth, snap*, uncomplicated, undemanding, untroublesome |
| Antonyms: | complicated, demanding, difficult, effortful, hard, labored |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flowing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gushing, abounding |
| Synonyms: | brimming, continuous, easy, falling, fluent, fluid, full, liquid, overrun, prolific, rich, rolling, running, rushing, sinuous, smooth, sweeping, teeming, unbroken, uninterrupted, cursive, flooded, fluidic, issuing, liquefied, pouring out, rippling, spouting, streaming, tidal |
| Antonyms: | trickling |
| Main Entry: | fluent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | articulate |
| Synonyms: | chatty, cogent, copious, declamatory, disputatious, easy, effortless, effusive, eloquent, facile, flowing, garrulous, glib, liquid, loquacious, mellifluous, natural, persuasive, prompt, quick, ready, running, silver-tongued*, smooth, talkative, verbose, vocal, voluble, wordy, cursive, mellifluent, smooth-spoken, well-versed |
| Antonyms: | hesitant, inarticulate, unprepared, effortful, unfluent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | handling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management |
| Synonyms: | administration, approach, care, charge, conduct, direction, manipulation, running, supervision, treatment, styling, superintendence |
| Antonyms: | mismanagement |
| Main Entry: | operative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | active, functioning; influential |
| Synonyms: | accessible, alive, crucial, current, dynamic, effective, efficient, functional, important, indicative, key, live, open, operational, practicable, relevant, running, serviceable, significant, standing, usable, workable, working, employable, in force, in operation |
| Antonyms: | inactive, ineffective, ineffectual, inoperative, useless, worthless, unfunctional, unworking |
| Main Entry: | opportunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lucky chance; favorable circumstances |
| Synonyms: | befalling, break*, connection, contingency, convenience, cut*, event, excuse, fair shake*, fighting chance*, fitness, fling*, fortuity, freedom, go*, good fortune, good luck, happening, hope, hour, iron in the fire, juncture, leisure, liberty, moment, occasion, one's move, one's say, one's turn, opening, pass, prayer*, probability, relief, room, run, scope, shot*, show, space, spell, squeak, stab, the hunt, the running, time, turn, whack* |
| Antonyms: | bad luck, misfortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | runaway |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out of control |
| Synonyms: | delinquent, disorderly, escaped, fugitive, loose, running, uncontrolled, wild, fleeing, out of hand |
| Antonyms: | stable, steady, controlled, staying |
| Main Entry: | supervision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management of people, project |
| Synonyms: | administration, auspices, care, charge, conduct, control, direction, guidance, handling, instruction, oversight, running, surveillance, intendance, superintendence, superintendency |
| Antonyms: | serve, work |
| Main Entry: | upkeep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maintenance |
| Synonyms: | budget, conservation, expenditure, expenses, keep, outlay, overhead, preservation, price, repair, running, subsistence, support, sustenance, costs, sustentation |
| Antonyms: | neglect, negligence |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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