Path and Run

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Path noun - A rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps.

Usage example: a path worn through the library lawn by too many people walking over it

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Run is a synonym for path in direction topic. In some cases you can use "Run" instead a noun "Path", when it comes to topics like step.

Nearby Words: pathway, pathless

Run noun - A prevailing or general movement or inclination.

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Path is a synonym for run in direction topic. Sometimes you can use "Path" instead a noun "Run", if it concerns topics such as sequence, step.

Nearby Word: running

good	good path	good run
full	full path	full run
long	long path	long run
particular	particular path	particular run
Other adjectives: better, normal, short, current, original, true, single, small, actual, entire, real, quick, main, easy, new, final, longer.

Disturbingly, they seem to have actually succeeded in the long run, as that training becomes a step along his path to becoming a Sith Lord, which drives Jaina to kill him.

Source: Prophetic Fallacy
If, in a game, a route is chosen deliberately because the most challanging path seems the most likely to yield good results in the long run, then the route is instead the Path of Most Resistance.

Source: Ridiculously Difficult Route
In Dot Mania mode (collect 80 Pac-Dots first to win), AIs have a tendency to run into ghosts and hazards even if there's an alternate path that they can take.

Source: Artificial Stupidity / Other Games

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Run and Path. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/path/run

Path & Run. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/path/run>.

Run or Path. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/path/run.

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