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RUN Antonyms

There are 13 antonyms of the word run. (opposite meanings)
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amble
verbv
noun

• a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

verb

• walk leisurely

crawl
verbv
noun

• a very slow movement

• a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick

• a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

verb

• move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

• feel as if crawling with insects

• be full of

• show submission or fear

• swim by doing the crawl

hike
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

• an increase in cost

• the amount a salary is increased

verb

• increase

• walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise

meander
verbv
noun

• a bend or curve, as in a stream or river

• an aimless amble on a winding course

verb

• to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

plod
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the act of walking with a slow heavy gait

verb

• walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

saunter
verbv
noun

• a careless leisurely gait

• a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

verb

• walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

stroll
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

verb

• walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

trudge
verbv
noun

• a long difficult walk

verb

• walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

walk
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the act of traveling by foot

• (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

• manner of walking

• the act of walking somewhere

• a path set aside for walking

• a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground

• careers in general

verb

• use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

• accompany or escort

• obtain a base on balls

• traverse or cover by walking

• give a base on balls to

• live or behave in a specified manner

• be or act in association with

• walk at a pace

• make walk

• take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure

wander
verbv
verb

• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

• be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

• go via an indirect route or at no set pace

• to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

• lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

idle
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective

• not in action or at work

noun

• the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling

adjective satellite

• without a basis in reason or fact

• not in active use

• silly or trivial

• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

• not yielding a return

• not having a job

verb

• run disconnected or idle

• be idle; exist in a changeless situation

rise
verbv
noun

• a growth in strength or number or importance

• the act of changing location in an upward direction

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

• a movement upward; rise above the ground

• the amount a salary is increased

• the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

• a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

• (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

• an increase in cost

• increase in price or value

verb

• move upward

• increase in value or to a higher point

• rise to one's feet

• rise up

• come to the surface

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• move to a better position in life or to a better job

• go up or advance

• become more extreme

• get up and out of bed

• rise in rank or status

• become heartened or elated

• exert oneself to meet a challenge

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• increase in volume

• come up, of celestial bodies

• return from the dead

riser
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a person who rises (especially from bed)

• a vertical pipe in a building

• structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step

Alternatives for AMBLE

Alternatives for CRAWL

Alternatives for HIKE

Alternatives for MEANDER

Alternatives for PLOD

Alternatives for SAUNTER

Alternatives for STROLL

Alternatives for TRUDGE

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