run-on
1 of 3adjective
ˈrən-ˈȯn 
-ˈän
: continuing without rhetorical pause from one line of verse into another
run-on
2 of 3noun
ˈrən-ˌȯn
-ˌän
1
: something (such as a dictionary entry) that is run on
2
: run-on sentence
run on
3 of 3verb
ran on; run on; running on; runs on
intransitive verb
1
: to talk or narrate at length
2
: to keep going : continue
transitive verb
1
: to continue (matter in type) without a break or a new paragraph : run in
2
: to place or add (something, such as an entry in a dictionary) at the end of a paragraphed item
Synonyms
Verb
- babble
- blab
- cackle
- chaffer [British]
- chat
- chatter
- chin [slang]
- converse
- gab
- gabble
- gas
- jabber
- jaw
- kibitz
- kibbitz
- natter
- palaver
- patter
- prate
- prattle
- rap
- rattle
- schmooze
- shmooze
- talk
- visit
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Verb we were just running on about how neither of us has aged a bit after all these years allow the savings account to run on for now
Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1874, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1892, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
running on 1 of 2
adjective
as in holding on
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- holding on
- holding up
- keeping up
- lasting
- enduring
- abiding
- persisting
- residual
- sticking around
- lingering
- staying
- remaining
- biding
- continuing
- perduring
- carrying through
- leftover
- surviving
- tarrying
- prevailing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dying (down)
- letting up
- waning
- winding up
- subsiding
- moderating
- ebbing
- abating
- ending
- dying
- passing
- concluding
- finishing
- closing
- stopping
- terminating
- leaving off
- lapsing
- expiring
- quitting
- discontinuing
- ceasing
- desisting
running on
2 of 2verb
1
as in chatting
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
- chatting
- talking
- blowing smoke
- chewing the rag
- conversing
- chewing the fat
- shooting the breeze
- talking a blue streak
- rattling
- chattering
- pattering
- discussing
- prating
- gabbing
- schmoozing
- babbling
- nattering
- rapping
- visiting
- chinning
- jabbering
- prattling
- gassing
- cackling
- blabbing
- palavering
- kibitzing
- gabbling
- jawing
- chaffering
- kibbitzing
- shmoozing
- twittering
- gossiping
- tattling
- expatiating
- descanting
- yapping
- yammering
- yakking
- yacking
2
as in remaining
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state allow the savings account to run on for now Synonyms & Similar Words
- remaining
- continuing
- lasting
- holding on
- keeping up
- persisting
- staying
- holding up
- enduring
- surviving
- sticking around
- lingering
- abiding
- perduring
- biding
- prevailing
- carrying through
- tarrying
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ending
- dying
- dying (down)
- finishing
- passing
- closing
- stopping
- leaving off
- winding up
- terminating
- concluding
- expiring
- discontinuing
- ceasing
- lapsing
- quitting
- letting up
- waning
- moderating
- desisting
- subsiding
- ebbing
- abating
3
as in going 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
- going on
- rambling
- rattling
- blathering (on)
- running one's mouth
- wandering
- maundering
- chatting
- deviating
- straying
- digressing
- sidetracking
- pattering
- chattering
- prating
- blithering
- waffling
- blabbering
- gibbering
- burbling
- drooling
- gabbing
- jabbering
- prattling
- driveling
- blabbing
- drivelling
- gabbling
- bumbling