Antonyms for RUG
rʌgrug

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.0 / 5 votes

1. rugnoun

   Synonyms:
   mat, wig, carpet, toupee

2. rugnoun

   A small covering for a floor.

   Note that rug and carpet are not synonymous; rug covers part of the floor, a carpet covers most or a large area of the floor; a fitted carpet runs wall-to-wall.

   Synonyms:
   wig, toupee, mat, carpet

3. rugnoun

   A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.

   Synonyms:
   toupee, wig, carpet, mat

4. rugnoun

   A wig; hairpiece.

   Synonyms:
   wig, carpet, mat, toupee

Matched Categories

1. • Floor Covering
   • Furnishing

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. rug, carpet, carpetingnoun

   floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

   Synonyms:
   carpet, rug, carpeting

How to use RUG in a sentence?

1. Mawuli Davis:

   If it wasn't for the video, this would have been swept under the rug.

2. Saba Farzan:

   The world community with leadership by the Obama administration has thrown human rights under the Persian rug -- literally. Democracy promotion has been sacrificed for the sake of talking endlessly to those who oppress Iranians terribly.

3. Betty Pina:

   My hope is that by me doing this, it may protect other women, how many other victims are out there? I may not be the first case, but I hope to be the last. It’s time to take responsibility. The culture needs to change. We can’t sweep this under the rug any longer.

4. The National Press Club:

   We call on all Americans to see this unsavory attempt to minimize the grisly bone-saw attack on Washington Post opinion writer Jamal Khashoggi for what it is -- an attempt to sweep under the rug a brutal state-sponsored murder, we call on people of conscience to reject this tournament. Do not attend. Do not watch it on television. Let it fail.

5. Kristin Schmitt:

   It's a nightmare. This is pulling the rug out from under our feet.

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