Synonyms for rut
rʌtrut

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1. rutnoun

   a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)

   Synonyms:
   heat, estrus, oestrus, groove

2. rut, groovenoun

   a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape

   "they fell into a conversational rut"

   Synonyms:
   heat, estrus, vallecula, channel, oestrus, groove

3. estrus, oestrus, heat, rutverb

   applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

   Synonyms:
   oestrus, hotness, genus Oestrus, heat, heating, heating system, heating plant, heat energy, groove, warmth, passion, high temperature, estrus

4. rutverb

   be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals

   Synonyms:
   furrow, groove

5. furrow, rut, grooveverb

   hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

   "furrow soil"

   Synonyms:
   crease, chase, groove, wrinkle, furrow, chamfer

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Dig
   • Groove
   • Routine

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1. rutnoun

   Synonyms:
   track of a wheel

2. rutnoun

   Synonyms:
   rote (of the sea)

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1. rutnoun

   Synonyms:
   groove, roaring (of waves), rote

2. rutnoun

   Synonyms:
   œstrus, heat, œstruation

   Associated words:
   œstrual

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1. List of paraphrases for "rut":

   rutting, estrus, routine, impasse, deadlock, quagmire, stalemate

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How to use rut in a sentence?

1. John Dewey:

   The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a pet notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.

2. Freida Pinto:

   I was really proud to be part of this project, in a way to distance people from what is happening right now and take them back to a time and show them how this has not changed, we're still somewhat stuck in the same rut. We keep making a little bit of progress, but fundamentally we keep faltering at the same point over and over again.

3. Janet Helm:

   They have lots of stringy roots and big, hard-looking shells on them that people don't know how to peel or prepare, but I've never met a veggie I didn't like, so [the challenge is] getting people out of their culinary rut and into trying new things.

4. Kim Monaghan:

   People sometimes are in a rut and don't always realize it, they feel something is broken and they feel unhappy.

5. Ellen Glasgow:

   The only difference between a rut and a grave... is in their dimensions.