What are some alternative words for run-down?
Synonyms for run-down
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Princeton's WordNet
summation, summing up, rundown(adj)
a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
Synonyms:
addition, rundown, summation, summing up, plus, sum total, sumAntonyms:
new, functioningcreaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone(adj)
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"
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weak, infirm, abandoned, bedraggled, weakly, debile, rickety, woebegone, tumble-down, tatterdemalion, neglectful, remiss, rheumatoid, screaky, creaky, ramshackle, deserted, rheumy, decrepit, arthritic, delinquent, broken-down, rheumatic, dilapidated, flea-bitten, feeble, woeful, derelict, saplessAntonyms:
new, functioningrun-down(verb)
having the spring unwound
"a run-down watch"
Synonyms:
derelict, woebegone, flea-bitten, creaky, decrepitAntonyms:
functioning, newrun down, check out(verb)
trace
"We are running down a few tips"
Synonyms:
run over, conk out, play out, scan, go over, feel out, skim, check into, sap, run down, 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 down(verb)
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 out, run downAntonyms:
functioning, newrun down, run over(verb)
injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
Synonyms:
run over, conk out, play out, scan, skim, sap, overflow, run down, poop out, run out, brim over, peter out, exhaust, glance over, overrun, check out, rake, well over, tireAntonyms:
functioning, newpoop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk out(verb)
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, run down, 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 down(verb)
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, run down, poop out, run out, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, cream, rake, cream off, read, skip, skim over, tireAntonyms:
functioning, newrun down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire(verb)
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, run down, weary, tucker, wear down, poop out, fatigue, eject, consume, check out, deplete, fag out, wearAntonyms:
new, functioningrun down(verb)
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 out, run downAntonyms:
new, functioning
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "run-down":
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#123 | go | |
#180 | read | |
#272 | check | |
#625 | release | |
#844 | plus | |
#1096 | addition | |
#1618 | break | |
#1763 | die | |
#1838 | skip | |
#2636 | fail | |
#2664 | wear | |
#2728 | eat | |
#2851 | beat | |
#2990 | cream | |
#3601 | sum | |
#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 | |
#22311 | degraded | |
#26237 | skim | |
#27307 | eject | |
#29367 | crease | |
#30236 | summation | |
#30720 | overrun | |
#31285 | rundown | |
#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 | |
#98447 | ramshackle | |
#101223 | creaky | |
#120040 | neglectful | |
#154287 | bedraggled | |
#162209 | outwear | |
#188629 | skitter | |
#271548 | debile | |
#295809 | woebegone |
How to use run-down in a sentence?
I couldn’t really run down the street.
I want to reach whatever potential I can, so I dont have a (goal) for however many yards or average yards per carry, because the thing is, if my team needs me to run down the clock in the fourth quarter and Im getting a bunch of 1-yard gains, Im fine with that and Im happy with that. I dont really care what it might look like at the very end on the stat line.
With the new start situation, and we're having to do everything ourselves now, there's a lot more opportunity tomorrow even at the start, on the run down to turn five here it is possible to overtake so my hopes are for sure still alive.
My daughter was laying on the bed sleeping and I went to take my son to the bathroom, we heard a sound upstairs and we see a raccoon run down the steps. PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL APPROVES BILL TO REMOVE BULLETPROOF GLASS FROM STOREFRONTS.
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.
Translations for run-down
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- pūwhāwhāMāori
- caindo aos pedaços, decrépitoPortuguese
- nedgångenSwedish
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