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Synonyms for run down
run down
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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"
Synonyms:
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, saplessAntonyms:
functioning, newrun-downverb
having the spring unwound
"a run-down watch"
Synonyms:
derelict, woebegone, flea-bitten, creaky, decrepitAntonyms:
new, functioningrun down, check outverb
trace
"We are running down a few tips"
Synonyms:
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, tireAntonyms:
new, functioningrun downverb
move downward
"The water ran down"
Synonyms:
play out, tire, glance over, peter out, exhaust, rake, run over, scan, conk out, check out, skim, poop out, sap, run outAntonyms:
new, functioningrun down, run oververb
injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
Synonyms:
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, tireAntonyms:
new, functioningpoop 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"
Synonyms:
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, tireAntonyms:
functioning, newscan, skim, rake, glance over, run downverb
examine hastily
"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
Synonyms:
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, tireAntonyms:
new, functioningrun down, exhaust, play out, sap, tireverb
deplete
"exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
Synonyms:
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, wearAntonyms:
functioning, newrun downverb
pursue until captured
"They ran down the fugitive"
Synonyms:
play out, tire, glance over, peter out, exhaust, rake, run over, scan, conk out, check out, skim, poop out, sap, run outAntonyms:
functioning, new
Dictionary of English Synonymes
run down
Synonyms:
catch by chasingrun down
Synonyms:
run against and sinkrun down
run down
Synonyms:
decry, disparage, depreciate, condemn, traduce, cry down
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#123 | go | |
#180 | read | |
#272 | check | |
#625 | release | |
#1618 | break | |
#1763 | die | |
#1838 | skip | |
#2636 | fail | |
#2664 | wear | |
#2728 | eat | |
#2851 | beat | |
#2990 | cream | |
#3956 | scan | |
#4010 | plane | |
#4981 | weak | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#6587 | tire | |
#7393 | exhaust | |
#7500 | sap | |
#8539 | drain | |
#8570 | cheque | |
#8576 | abandoned | |
#9715 | jade | |
#9798 | bolt | |
#10055 | fatigue | |
#11033 | tucker | |
#11777 | spill | |
#11904 | bore | |
#12225 | overflow | |
#12853 | expire | |
#13640 | consume | |
#17574 | rheumatoid | |
#19657 | rake | |
#19799 | weary | |
#20573 | deserted | |
#21084 | delinquent | |
#21801 | weakly | |
#26237 | skim | |
#27307 | eject | |
#29367 | crease | |
#30720 | overrun | |
#31313 | feeble | |
#35671 | rheumatic | |
#35818 | pall | |
#41031 | expel | |
#44435 | derelict | |
#47400 | graze | |
#54532 | dilapidated | |
#58852 | infirm | |
#60914 | deplete | |
#61919 | arthritic | |
#70794 | decrepit | |
#72426 | fizzle | |
#76852 | remiss | |
#77165 | woeful | |
#81924 | rickety | |
#86679 | demean | |
#98447 | ramshackle | |
#101223 | creaky | |
#116298 | berate | |
#120040 | neglectful | |
#154287 | bedraggled | |
#162209 | outwear | |
#188629 | skitter | |
#271548 | debile | |
#295809 | woebegone |
How to use run down in a sentence?
These oil exporters are getting more defensive. They're probably reducing their equity exposure and moving to more liquid investments such as U.S. Treasuries in anticipation that they might need to run down their reserves.
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.
12 million people out of the total population of 26 million need food assistance now and this number will continue to increase, there is no doubt food stocks have been run down. In Aden there is virtually nothing left. Wheat prices have quadrupled across the country. There is no purchasing power.
It's a good start for sure, starting on pole, it's going to be a long run down to turn one so it's going to be an exciting battle and then I'm sure we have a good race car.
We have no need for a fire sale given the quality of the assets and the run-down profile.
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