Synonyms of ran on

ran on

verb

past tense of run on

1

as in chatted

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

we were just running on about how neither of us has aged a bit after all these years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatted
• talked
• conversed
• blew smoke
• rattled
• palavered
• shot the breeze
• prated
• chewed the rag
• talked a blue streak
• chaffered
• chattered
• pattered
• chewed the fat
• discussed
• kibbitzed
• nattered
• rapped
• gabbed
• babbled
• visited
• gabbled
• gassed
• blabbed
• cackled
• schmoozed
• prattled
• kibitzed
• jabbered
• jawed
• chinned
• shmoozed
• twittered
• gossiped
• tattled
• descanted
• expatiated
• yapped
• yammered
• yakked
• yacked

2

as in remained

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state

allow the savings account to run on for now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• remained
• continued
• lasted
• held on
• persisted
• stayed
• kept up
• perdured
• bode
• endured
• abode
• held up
• lingered
• survived
• stuck around
• abided
• prevailed
• bided
• carried through
• tarried

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• died
• left off
• finished
• passed
• wound up
• stopped
• ended
• closed
• concluded
• ceased
• died (down)
• terminated
• expired
• discontinued
• lapsed
• quit
• quitted
• winded up
• desisted
• let up
• subsided
• waned
• moderated
• abated
• ebbed

3

as in went on

to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point

she's very sweet, but she does tend to run on

Synonyms & Similar Words

• went on
• rambled
• rattled
• blathered (on)
• ran one's mouth
• maundered
• wandered
• drivelled
• strayed
• chatted
• deviated
• digressed
• driveled
• sidetracked
• prated
• pattered
• chattered
• waffled
• blithered
• burbled
• gabbed
• blabbered
• drooled
• gabbled
• blabbed
• gibbered
• prattled
• jabbered
• bumbled