CARRIES ON Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

carries on

verb

present tense third-person singular of carry on

as in acts out

to behave badly a toddler crying and carrying on in the store

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as in persists

to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement she bravely carried on despite the loss of her husband

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as in operates

to look after and make decisions about carries on a business and still manages to run the household

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Recent Examples of carries on The nomadic ancestry of the Plains Tribes carries on today through powwows. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 La Scuola del Cuoio carries on Florence’s historic leather-making tradition and is the perfect place to buy a high-quality artisan bag. — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026 Hammond completed 13 of his 16 passes for 169 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 61 yards on eight carries on the road. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026 With a fresh margarita in hand, Josef launches into a 70-minute monologue about his Life and Times, which carries on past Nathan’s anchor-watch shift and into Coop’s. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 June 2026 Video appears to show Thomas driving a fist into Clark's neck before Thomas lifts herself from the scuffle and carries on play. — Mason Leib, ABC News, 25 June 2026 The author's estate carries on that advocacy with the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards, which work to recognize achievements in ocean conservation. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026 The Black Cat Shoppe is a colorful spot for eclectic oddities and The Next Chapter Books & Art carries on the town’s rich literary history that dates to 1783 when the state’s first bookstore was opened in New Bern. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 June 2026 When the researchers play a call from a mouse in the same nest, however, the striped mouse carries on sunbathing, unperturbed. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 3 June 2026

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Fleming acts out each detail with gusto, and this full sensory barrage earns him his loudest round of applause yet.

— John Roy, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
Roper acts out this realization about [Teddy’s allegiance].

— Hunter Ingram, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026

Definition of acts out

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Melissa Cohn, regional vice president at William Raveis Mortgage, doesn’t expect mortgage rates to fall while the US war with Iran persists.

— Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 July 2026
But mostly, the monarch persists because life’s job is to live; because within those thimble-size bodies hides a dynamo of survival that puts our most incredible machines to shame.

— Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

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Now, the non-profit operates with around 40 full-time employees, 60 partner organizations and 130 corner stores with a Kanbe’s Market inside.

— Zuri Primos July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
The System Determines Where Effort Goes Every sales team operates inside a structure that determines where effort actually flows.

— Jeff Winters, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of operates

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Masahiro Motoki — the Oscar-winning star of Departures — plays a lord who rebels against warlord Oda Nobunaga and barricades himself inside Arioka Castle, only to face a string of unsolved murders within its walls.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
Set against the backdrop of the 1998 São Paulo World Cup between Brazil and France, Amarela follows 14-year-old Erika Oguihara (Melissa Uehara), a Japanese Brazilian sports fanatic who rebels against her family’s more Japanese cultural traditions.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2026

Definition of rebels

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The State Board of Education supervises public K–12 education across the state, overseeing educational interests in Kansas.

— Zuri Primos July 26, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
David Smith, who supervises the district’s aedes crew, said his team has received an increasing number of service requests for day-biting mosquitoes within the neighborhood.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of supervises

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Currently, Screen Time often acts up and just cuts off access to all apps, whether it’s supposed to or not.

— Tyler Hayes, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026
Koutouvides transitioned to life after football, found success in real estate development throughout Connecticut, but the pain of losing the Super Bowl twinges and acts up like an old joint injury.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026

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