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Type Words
Synonyms ball carrier
Type of footballer, football player
Has types passer, rusher, forward passer
Type Words
Synonyms blue runner, caranx crysos
Type of jack
Type Words
Synonyms base runner
Type of baseball player, ballplayer
Type Words
Synonyms offset, stolon
Type of plant organ
Type Words
Synonyms contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, smuggler
Type of outlaw, criminal, felon, crook, malefactor
Has types gunrunner, rumrunner, arms-runner, coyote
Type Words
Type of rug, carpet, carpeting
Type Words
Type of messenger, courier


he sent a runner over with the contract.
Type Words
Type of jock, athlete
Has types long-distance runner, sprinter, road runner, miler, marathoner, marathon runner
Derivation run
Type Words
Type of device
Has types blade, ski
Type Words
Type of traveler, traveller
Has types jogger
Derivation run

Examples of runner

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Duke, the national champion, and Butler, the runner-up, were both at 83 percent.
From the thenewstribune.com
The team was runner-up to the No. 9, the same car he will race later this month.
From the news-journalonline.com
She did slip and fall between the stairs where another runner had spilled water.
From the thenewstribune.com
Runner-up Carl Edwards of Roush was the only top-five finisher from those teams.
From the usatoday.com
In both cases, Medina retired the next batter with a runner in scoring position.
From the kansas.com
Roenicke said Morgan will back up Carlos Gomez and also serve as a pinch-runner.
From the timesunion.com
A marathon runner might have to learn how to put one foot in front of the other.
From the timesunion.com
Also listed is two-time player of the year runner-up Thierry Henry, from France.
From the upi.com
When not teaching, she is a marathon runner, with the wiry frame to show for it.
From the latimes.com
More examples
  • Smuggler: someone who imports or exports without paying duties
  • Someone who travels on foot by running
  • A person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; "he sent a runner over with the contract"
  • Base runner: a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
  • Stolon: a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
  • A trained athlete who competes in foot races
  • Runner were a short-lived British rock band, formed in 1978 out of a friendship between Steve Gould of the band Rare Bird and Alan Merrill of the band The Arrows.
  • The Runner is fictional character that appeared in publications from Marvel Comics. He is one of the Elders of the Universe.
  • In cricket, a runner is a team member who runs between the wickets for an injured batsman.