Synonyms of runs on

runs on

verb

present tense third-person singular of run on

1

as in chats

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

• chats
• talks
• converses
• blows smoke
• rattles
• talks a blue streak
• gabbles
• gasses
• chews the rag
• prates
• visits
• discusses
• chatters
• shmoozes
• jaws
• schmoozes
• prattles
• gases
• cackles
• babbles
• shoots the breeze
• patters
• chaffers
• blabs
• chews the fat
• jabbers
• natters
• raps
• gabs
• kibitzes
• chins
• gossips
• kibbitzes
• twitters
• palavers
• tattles
• descants
• expatiates
• yammers
• yaps
• yaks
• yacks

2

as in remains

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state

allow the savings account to run on for now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• remains
• continues
• lasts
• holds on
• persists
• stays
• endures
• keeps up
• survives
• holds up
• abides
• lingers
• perdures
• bides
• prevails
• sticks around
• carries through
• tarries

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ends
• dies
• stops
• passes
• concludes
• expires
• ceases
• closes
• finishes
• winds up
• lapses
• terminates
• leaves off
• dies (down)
• quits
• discontinues
• moderates
• desists
• wanes
• subsides
• lets up
• ebbs
• abates

3

as in goes 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

• goes on
• rambles
• rattles
• blathers (on)
• runs one's mouth
• wanders
• maunders
• deviates
• strays
• digresses
• chats
• sidetracks
• prates
• gabbles
• waffles
• chatters
• burbles
• blabbers
• patters
• drools
• blithers
• prattles
• drivels
• gibbers
• blabs
• gabs
• jabbers
• bumbles