Synonyms for runners

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ruhn-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌn ər

Top 10 synonyms for runners

Other synonyms for the word runners

Définition of runners

Origin : c.1300, "messenger on foot," agent noun from run (v.). Meaning "one who runs" is early 14c. Meaning "smuggler" first recorded 1721; sense of "police officer" is from 1771. Meaning "rooting stem of a plant" is from 1660s; that of "embroidered cloth for a table" is from 1888.

noun one who runs
noun vine

Example sentences :

It was they that had seen the runners of Cofachique come in with the message from Far-Looking.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

Then with the hands it is molded over the bottom of the runners.
Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace

Different from the Mackenzie toboggans were the Klondike sleds with runners under them.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

“Yes, it was a brush with—the runners,” Fyles said seriously.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

What an insult should we offer to Olympian runners if we were to put the first last and the last first!
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

They had to put on their deer-skin moccasins, and change the runners of the sledge.
Extract from : « The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras » by Jules Verne

He was trying to put on a brisker air to match these two runners with hope for their torch.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

The runners kept silence; we heard the click of a pistol lock.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

The voice of one of the runners began to shout, "You'll swing for this—you———"
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

He can throw to bases, too; it's rank suicide for runners to try to steal on him.
Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott

Antonyms for runners

receiver

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