Synonyms for Runner
ˈrʌn ərrun·ner

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1. runnernoun

   A short sling with a karabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.

   Synonyms:
   quick-draw, extender

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1. smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-cursernoun

   someone who imports or exports without paying duties

   Synonyms:
   runner, smuggler, moon-curser, base runner, contrabandist, blue runner, ball carrier, moon curser, stolon, offset

2. runnernoun

   someone who travels on foot by running

   Synonyms:
   smuggler, moon-curser, base runner, contrabandist, blue runner, ball carrier, moon curser, stolon, offset

3. runnernoun

   a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents

   "he sent a runner over with the contract"

   Synonyms:
   smuggler, moon-curser, base runner, contrabandist, blue runner, ball carrier, moon curser, stolon, offset

4. base runner, runnernoun

   a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)

   Synonyms:
   runner, smuggler, moon-curser, base runner, contrabandist, blue runner, ball carrier, moon curser, stolon, offset

5. stolon, runner, offsetnoun

   a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

   Synonyms:
   contrabandist, outset, runner, counterbalance, first, stolon, ball carrier, starting time, moon-curser, smuggler, offshoot, setoff, commencement, start, offset printing, get-go, base runner, outgrowth, set-back, showtime, offset, kickoff, branch, blue runner, moon curser, beginning

6. runnernoun

   a trained athlete who competes in foot races

   Synonyms:
   smuggler, moon-curser, base runner, contrabandist, blue runner, ball carrier, moon curser, stolon, offset

7. ball carrier, runnernoun

   (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play

   Synonyms:
   smuggler, moon-curser, base runner, contrabandist, blue runner, runner, ball carrier, moon curser, stolon, offset

8. runnernoun

   a long narrow carpet

   Synonyms:
   smuggler, moon-curser, base runner, contrabandist, blue runner, ball carrier, moon curser, stolon, offset

9. runnernoun

   device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along

   Synonyms:
   smuggler, moon-curser, base runner, contrabandist, blue runner, ball carrier, moon curser, stolon, offset

10. runner, blue runner, Caranx crysosnoun

    fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil

    Synonyms:
    smuggler, moon-curser, base runner, contrabandist, blue runner, runner, ball carrier, moon curser, stolon, offset

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1. • Athlete
   • Ballplayer
   • Baseball
   • Criminal
   • Device
   • Football
   • Football Player
   • Jack
   • Messenger
   • Plant Organ
   • Rug
   • Traveler

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1. runnernoun

   Synonyms:
   racer

2. runnernoun

   Synonyms:
   messenger, courier

3. runnernoun

   Synonyms:
   footman, foot-boy, livery servant

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1. runnernoun

   Synonyms:
   racer, sprinter, messenger, courier

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1. List of paraphrases for "runner":

   racer, slider, fugitive, enmity, hostility, animosity, tramp, messenger, sprinter, entrant, rider

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1. Pounds Pitt:

   I ’m a better runner now than I ever was before, i ’m faster. I’ve got Ironman Bruce Thomas. I do long sessions and sprint sessions and intervals. Before, I ’d just go slug it out for three hours. Having that external feedback is really underrated.

2. Jim Ratcliffe:

   It's good fun. We make billions in profits so what's wrong with investing a bit of that in sport, in good challenges, good people ? , eliud is the finest marathon runner there has ever been and I think it will be very inspirational, to get kids putting running shoes on.

3. Donald Trump:

   I am not surprised the dishonest, irrelevant and totally failing Club for Growth has resorted to attacking the definitive front runner, especially after I refused to contribute to their pathetic group. We will be releasing my current tax proposal, which is a major decrease in taxes, in the next week and will continue to expose the two faced hypocrisy of the Club for Growth and the problems groups like this perpetuate within a broken Washington, D.C..

4. South Carolina:

   When I tell you this race is wide open, I'm not trying to be coy — I'm being deadly serious : there are 100 ways this election could go, and right now you don't see anyone who has put the ground game in place, there's not anyone who has that front-runner status in South Carolina right now.

5. Carrie Tollefson:

   I kind of look at this as a bookmark in my life, and once it’s over, I’m excited for what I can accomplish as both a soccer player and a runner.