What is another word for run out of?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈʌn ˌa͡ʊtəv] (IPA)

When you use up all of a certain resource or item, it can be described using a variety of synonyms for the phrase "run out of." For example, you may have exhausted your supply, depleted your stock, or simply run low on something. Other possibilities for expressing the idea of running out of something include using up all your reserves, depleting your stores, running dry, becoming empty, or using the last of your supply. No matter how you choose to describe it, running out of something is never a particularly pleasant experience, and can often lead to frustration or disappointment.

What are the hypernyms for Run out of?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for run out of?

The phrase "run out of" refers to a situation where there is no more of something left. Its antonyms include "plenty of," "ample," "abundant," "sufficient," "adequate," "well-provided," and "unlimited." These words express the idea that there is enough or more than enough of something. For instance, instead of saying "I ran out of money," one may say "I have plenty of money," which means there is enough money to meet one's needs. Similarly, instead of saying "I ran out of time," one may say "I have ample time," which means there is enough time to finish the task at hand. The antonyms for "run out of" serve the purpose of expressing abundance and sufficiency, as opposed to scarcity and insufficiency.

What are the antonyms for Run out of?

Famous quotes with Run out of

  • Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.
    W. H. Auden
  • The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It's over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam.
    J. G. Ballard
  • The model today is that as much as 70 percent of the financing of the picture would come from overseas. Now we're beginning to run out of suckers, because there are not that many people overseas who are willing to put up more than half the money for a movie.
    Peter Bart
  • I wake up every morning and I feel like I'm juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I'm cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
    Victoria Beckham
  • This is my home. Home is where the disease is. As long as I stay in America, I'll never run out of subjects for songs.
    Jello Biafra

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