Runner

//ˈɹʌnɚ//

Synonyms for "runner" (155 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (31)

Strong matches (47)

Related words (77)

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9 relation types

More general

21 entries

athlete ballplayer baseball player carpet carpeting courier criminal crook device felon football player footballer jack jock malefactor messenger

Showing 16 of 21 words.

Synonyms

5 entries

ball carrier base runner quick draw smuggler stolon

at location

1 entries

track

capable of

24 entries

attempt to to break previous records corner best on inside lane enter marathon gain ground get tired get to finish line hurry for bus leading race near finish line near finishline place third push to win race race clock race runner rest after run run laps of track

Showing 16 of 24 words.

derived

73 entries

Indian Runner base runner bladerunner blockade runner blue runner bookrunner brushrunner bull runner circle runner cloudrunner conrunner designated runner do a runner dope-runner drug runner endless runner

Showing 16 of 73 words.

has context

10 entries

australian rules football baseball botany climbing cricket poker slang slang softball sports slang video games

is a

8 entries

athlete courier device jack messenger person rug traveler

part of

1 entries

sled

related to

37 entries

agent agent noun automobile baserunner bat batsman bolt carabiner carpet client employee fabric florida foot soldier friend gunrunner

Showing 16 of 37 words.

Translations

181 translations across 66 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

vrapues noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
vrapuese noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

δρομεύς noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Arabic

2 entries

عَدَّاء noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
عَدَّاءَة noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Armenian

1 entries

վազորդ noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

qaçıcı noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Bashkir

1 entries

йүгереүсе noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Belarusian

3 entries

бягу́н noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
бягу́нка noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
красо́ўка noun (type of soft-soled shoe)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бега́ч noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
бега́чка noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
курие́р noun (anyone sent on an errand or with communications)
махови́к noun (mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move)

Burmese

1 entries

အပြေးသမား noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Catalan

1 entries

corredor noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

信差 noun (anyone sent on an errand or with communications)
球鞋 noun (type of soft-soled shoe)
纖匐枝 /纤匐枝 noun (botany: long stolon)
跑步者 noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Czech

3 entries

běhoun noun (long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area)
běžec noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
běžkyně noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Danish

3 entries

løber noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
løber noun (strip of fabric used to decorate a table)
løber noun (long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area)

Dutch

1 entries

renner noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Estonian

1 entries

jooksja noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Finnish

4 entries

ehdokas noun (entrant for a competition; candidate for an election)
hatkat noun (slang: quick escape away from a scene)
jalas noun (mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move)
jobbari noun (person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling)

French

4 entries

coulisse noun (mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move)
coureur noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
coureuse noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
glissière noun (mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move)

Galician

1 entries

corredor noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Georgian

1 entries

მორბენალი noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

German

4 entries

Kufe noun (mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move)
Laufschuh noun (type of soft-soled shoe)
Läufer noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
Läufer noun (long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area)

Greek

1 entries

δρομέας noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Hebrew

1 entries

אָצָן noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Hindi

2 entries

धावक noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
रनर noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Hungarian

1 entries

futó noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Icelandic

1 entries

hlaupari noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Irish

1 entries

brat reatha noun (long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area)

Italian

4 entries

corridore noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
corritrice noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
passatoia noun (long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area)
podista noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Japanese

4 entries

スニーカー noun (type of soft-soled shoe)
ランナー noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
ランナー noun (botany: long stolon)
走者 noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Kazakh

2 entries

желаяқ noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
жүгіруші noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Khmer

1 entries

អ្នករត់ប្រណាំង noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Korean

2 entries

운동화 noun (type of soft-soled shoe)
주자 noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

жөө күлүк noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Lao

1 entries

ນັກແລ່ນ noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Latin

1 entries

cursor noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Latvian

2 entries

skrējēja noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
skrējējs noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Lithuanian

2 entries

bėgikas noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
bėgikė noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Macedonian

2 entries

тркач noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
тркачка noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Marathi

3 entries

धावक noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
धावणारा noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
धावणारी noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Māori

2 entries

kaiomaoma noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
waetea noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

bezvan noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

løper noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
løper noun (mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move)
løper noun (strip of fabric used to decorate a table)
løper noun (long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

laupar noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
laupar noun (mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move)
laupar noun (strip of fabric used to decorate a table)
laupar noun (long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area)

Old English

1 entries

rynel noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Persian

1 entries

دَوَندِه noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Polish

4 entries

adidas noun (type of soft-soled shoe)
biegacz noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
biegaczka noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
bieżnik noun (strip of fabric used to decorate a table)

Portuguese

4 entries

centro de mesa noun (strip of fabric used to decorate a table)
corredor noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
corredora noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
fuga noun (slang: quick escape away from a scene)

Romagnol

1 entries

curidôr noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Romanian

3 entries

alergătoare noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
alergător noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
stolon noun (botany: long stolon)

Russian

4 entries

бегу́н noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
бегу́нья noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
бегуно́к noun (part of an apparatus that moves quickly)
гоне́ц noun (anyone sent on an errand or with communications)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

trkàčica noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
tr̀kāč noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
тр̀ка̄ч noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
трка̀чица noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Slovak

2 entries

bežec noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
bežkyňa noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Slovene

2 entries

tekač noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
tekačica noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Spanish

2 entries

corredor noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
corredora noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Swedish

3 entries

löpare noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
sne(d)fitta noun (slang: unevenly burning part of a cigarette)
utlöpare noun (botany: long stolon)

Tagalog

1 entries

sangansibol noun (botany: long stolon)

Tajik

1 entries

даванда noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Tatar

1 entries

йөгерешче noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Thai

1 entries

นักวิ่ง noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Turkish

1 entries

koşucu noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Turkmen

2 entries

ylgawçy noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
ylgaýjy noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Ukrainian

3 entries

бігу́н noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
бігу́нка noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)
кросі́вка noun (type of soft-soled shoe)

Urdu

1 entries

رَنَر noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Uyghur

1 entries

يۈگۈرگۈچى noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Uzbek

1 entries

yuguruvchi noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Vietnamese

1 entries

người chạy noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Yiddish

1 entries

לויפֿער noun (somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace)

Sample sentences

36 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The first baseman tagged the runner out.

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A runner must pass the baton in a relay race.

Source: tatoeba (29660)

The fastest runner can't run 100 meters in 9 seconds.

Source: tatoeba (30496)

Tony is a fast runner.

Source: tatoeba (37690)

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