running synonyms

running

modif.

  1. In the act of running

    racing, speeding, jogging, pacing, galloping, cantering, trotting, scuttling, scudding, scampering, fleeing, bounding, whisking, sprinting.

  2. In the process of running

    producing, operating, working, functioning, proceeding, moving, revolving, guiding, conducting, administering, going, in operation, in action, executing, promoting, achieving, transacting, wielding, determining, bringing about.

  3. Extending

    spreading, reaching, encompassing; see extending.

  4. Flowing

    pouring, tumbling, falling, dashing, coursing, streaming, swamping, washing over, laving, watering; see also flowing.

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