Idle and Run

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Idle

Idle verb - Run disconnected or idle.
Usage example: the engine is idling
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Antonyms for Idle
Run is an antonym for idle.
Nearby Words: idled, idleness, idler, idling, idly

Run

Run verb - Be operating, running or functioning.
Usage example: The car is still running--turn it off!
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Antonyms for Run
Idle is an antonym for run in operate topic.
Nearby Word: running
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Common collocations

over idle over run over

Both words in one sentence

  • Cloud Cuckoolander / Comics Tends to take Hillary and Faye's idle Zany Schemeing and run with the idea into surrealism.
    Source: Cloud Cuckoolander / Comics
  • Video Game / The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Once you get to the end of the game it only takes being idle for about ten minutes for a 100% hero meter to run empty.
    Source: Video Game / The Amazing Spider-Man 2
  • Videogame / Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten Any cleared map can be used as a hub (Including your created maps), and any of your characters can run the various shops and services, or simply idle for the purpose of providing conversation.
    Source: Videogame / Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
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Run and Idle. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/idle/run
Idle & Run. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/idle/run>.
Run or Idle. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/idle/run.

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