Synonyms for runner

noun

• (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
• fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
• a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
• a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
• someone who imports or exports without paying duties
• a long narrow carpet
• a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
• a trained athlete who competes in foot races
• device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
• someone who travels on foot by running