ran

The word “ran” has 1 syllable: ran

It's pronounced as /ræn/

What is synonym and antonym for ran?

In the thesaurus, “ran” has 539 synonyms and 133 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for ran along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for ran

abscond
absconded
accelerated
accompanied
act
activated
actuated
administer
administered
administrated
affiliated
allied
altered
alternated
amble
arose
aroused
arrowed
asked
associated
attached
banded
barrel
barreled
barrelled
be a candidate
be current
be in charge
be in saddle
bear
beat a retreat
beat it
became
beelined
beetled
befriended
belted
bird-dogged
blasted
blazed
bleed
blew
bolt
bolted
bombed
bonded
bore
boss
bound
bounded
bowled
breezed
broke
brought
bugged out
bundled
bustle
bustled
buzzed
came
cannonballed
canter
cantered
careened
career
careered
carried on
carry
carry on
cascade
cascaded
catalyzed
caught up
challenge
changed
chaperoned
charged
chased
chummed
circulate
clear out
cleared out
clubbed
co-directed
co-managed
codirected
collaborated
colluded
comanaged
command
commanded
companied
compete
conduct
conducted
confederated
conjoined
connected
consociated
consorted
contend
contest
control
controlled
convey
cooperated
coordinate
cost
coupled
course
coursed
cover
crossed
cut
cut and run
dart
darted
dash
dashed
decamp
decamped
deliquesce
deliquesced
deluged
demanded
depart
diffuse
direct
directed
discharge
discharged
disembogued
dissolve
dissolved
dog it
dogged
dribbled
dripped
drop
drove
effused
egged
electrified
eloped
emanated
encompass
energized
engulfed
escape
escaped
escorted
exacted
excited
exhorted
extend
extended
eyed
fall
fast-forwarded
fell in with
fetched
fired
fled
flee
flew
flit
flitted
flogged
flooded
flow
flowed
fluctuated
flushed
flux
fluxed
fly
followed
founded
fountained
fraternized
friended
fueled
fuelled
fuse
fused
gallop
galloped
ganged
generated
glide
go
go around
go like lightning
go on
go soft
goaded
got
got a move on
got along
got on
got out
govern
governed
gravitated
grew
grouped
guarded
guided
gush
gushed
guttered
handle
handled
hared
hasten
hastened
head
head up
headed
helm
herded
hie
hied
highballed
hit the campaign trail
hobnobbed
hooked up
hotfoot
hounded
humped
hunted
hurled
hurried
hurry
hurtled
hustle
hustled
ignited
incited
inclined
indicated
instigated
interrelated
inundated
issue
issued
jetted
jog
jogged
joined
jump-started
jumped
keep
kept
kick-started
kicked over
kiss babies
knotted
lammed
last
launched
lay
lead
leagued
leak
leaned
leap
leaped
leapt
led
leg it
lie
light out
lighted out
linked
liquefied
liquefy
liquified
lit
look after
lope
loped
made off
made tracks
make a break
make off
make tracks
manage
managed
maneuver
maneuvered
manipulated
melt
melted
messed around
metamorphosed
micromanaged
minded
mingled
mixed
mizzled
modified
motored
move
move past
moved
mutated
nipped
observed
operate
operated
oppose
ordain
outpaced
outran
outstripped
overflowed
overlooked
overran
oversaw
oversee
overtook
own
pace
pass
passed
pattered
pelted
perform
persevere
piloted
plied
ply
pointed
politick
pour
poured
powered
pressed
pricked
proceed
prodded
prompted
propel
protected
provoked
pull the strings
punched
pursued
pushed
quickened
race
raced
rallied
rammed
ran after
ran away
ran off
ranged
reach
reached
reactivated
recharged
regulate
regulated
related
released
rendered
retreated
ride herd on
riffled
ring doorbells
ripped
rippled
rocketed
roll
rolled
rush
rushed
rustled
safeguarded
sail
scamper
scampered
scarpered
scatted
scoot
scooted
scorch
scourged
scramble
scrammed
scud
scudded
scuffled
scurried
scurry
scuttled
set off
shadowed
shag
shagged
shake hands
sheeted
shepherded
shifted
shook a leg
shoot
shot
sided
skedaddle
skedaddled
skim
skip
skipped
skirred
skitter
slide
smelted
smoke
socialized
softened
sorted
sought
spanned
sparked
sped
speed
speeded
spill
spin
spout
spouted
sprang
spread
spring
sprint
sprinted
sprung
spurred
spurt
spurted
stage-managed
stampeded
stand
started
steered
stepped
stepped on it
stepped out
stepped up
stewarded
stimulated
stirred up
streaked
stream
streamed
stretch
stretched
stump
suggested
superintend
superintended
supervised
swamped
swept
switched
tagged
tailed
take care of
take flight
take off
teamed
tear
tear out
tended
thaw
thawed
thinned
tick
tied
took up with
tore
totaled
totalled
touched off
traced
tracked
trail
trailed
transfigured
transformed
transmuted
transport
travel
traveled
travelled
traversed
trended
trickled
tried
triggered
tripped
trot
trotted
tumble
turn to liquid
turned
turned on
turned over
turned tail
use
used
varied
vary
vitalized
was friends with
washed out
watched
watched over
waxed
wed
wedded
went
whipped
whirl
whirled
whisk
whisked
whistlestop
whiz
whizzed
wielded
work
worked
wrangled
wrought
zipped
zoomed

Antonyms for ran

abandon
abided
abode
alienated
ambled
arrested
ascend
avoided
backed up
be quiet
bearded
braked
braved
broke up
cease
checked
clotted
coagulate
coagulated
cold-shouldered
collect
conceal
confronted
congealed
continue
continued
crawled
crept
cut
cut off
cut out
dallied
dally
dared
dawdle
dawdled
deactivated
decelerated
defied
delay
dillydallied
disbanded
disjoined
dispersed
dissociated
disunited
divorced
dragged
drew up
dwelled
dwelt
estranged
face
faced
fail
follow
gather
gelled
give up
guided
halt
halted
hardened
headed
help
hide
hobbled
hold
hung around
idle
jammed
jelled
jellied
keep
killed
lagged
led
let go
limped
linger
lingered
loitered
lose
lumbered
meet
mismanage
neglect
obey
piloted
plodded
poked
procrastinate
refrain
remain
remained
repressed
rest
rise
sauntered
serve
set
severed
shambled
shuffled
shunned
shut off
slow
slowed
snubbed
solidified
solidify
split
stalled
stand
stay
stayed
steady
stop
stopped
strolled
stuck
stuck around
stunted
sundered
suppressed
tarried
thickened
trickle
trudged
turned off
wait
walk
was

Meanings of ran

verb
1. To run.
2. To move swiftly.
3. (fluids) To flow.
4. (of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
5. To control or manage, be in charge of.
6. To be a candidate in an election.
7. To make run in a race or an election.
8. To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
9. To be presented in the media.
10. To print or broadcast in the media.
11. To smuggle (illegal goods).
12. To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
13. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
14. To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
15. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
16. To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
17. To cost a large amount of money.
18. Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
19. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
20. To cause to enter; to thrust.
21. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
22. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
23. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
24. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
25. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
26. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
27. To control or have precedence in a card game.
28. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
29. To be popularly known; to be generally received.
30. To have growth or development.
31. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
32. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
33. To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
34. To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
35. To speedrun.
noun
1. Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
2. Open robbery.

Example Sentences

She ran as fast as she could to catch the bus.
The dog ran across the field, chasing a rabbit.
He ran a marathon last weekend and finished in under four hours.
After the meeting, she ran to the store to pick up some groceries.
The river ran through the valley, providing water for the entire region.

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