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, carpeting

How to use rug in a sentence?

1. Carolyn Baylor-Giummo:

   I want to find the truth, i don't want this swept under the rug.

2. Ross Mayfield:

   It’s been pretty impressive how well the consumer has held up over the past 18 months, and not pulling the rug out from under the consumer is pretty much how you get to the soft landing, i think it’s a really, really narrow path, and the Fed’s tone [during its December meeting] doesn’t give me a lot of optimism that they can navigate that without hitting a recession. … If a soft landing is avoiding a recession altogether, then I think that’s a pretty tough task. If it’s a milder recession than recent history, I think that’s still in the cards.

3. Jennifer Kelly:

   I feel like they [ Tabuk police ] are covering something up, we just don’t want to see this go away and be swept under the rug.

4. Jimmy Kimmel:

   While our leaders on the right — the Americans in Congress and at Fox News and these other outlets — warn us not to politicize this. They immediately criticize our President for even speaking about doing something to stop it, because they don't want to speak about it. Because they know what they've done and they know what they haven't done, and they know that it's indefensible. So they'd rather sweep this under the rug.

5. Kristin Schmitt:

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

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