/ Thesaurus / R Synonyms of run down Find synonyms for: Noun1. summation, summing up, rundown, summary, sum-upusage: a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)Verb1. run down, check out, pursue, follow up on, act onusage: trace; "We are running down a few tips"2. run down, run, flow, feed, courseusage: move downward; "The water ran down"3. run down, run over, injure, woundusage: injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle4. poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk out, tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jadeusage: use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"5. scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down, examine, seeusage: examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"6. run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire, consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe outusage: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"7. run down, chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, trackusage: pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"Adjective1. creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone, worn (vs. new)usage: worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"2. run-down, malfunctioning (vs. functioning), nonfunctionalusage: having the spring unwound; "a run-down watch"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: panacea Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language