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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Gerald Burrill:

   The difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.

2. Kim Monaghan:

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

3. Ahmed Korayem:

   We suffer not because suffering is inevitable. Suffering is inevitable when you keep trying to suppress those feelings you're afraid of. Feelings you labelled as 'bad' and believe you should have never had them in the first place. You'll never get out of this rut lest you learn to sit with the feeling no matter how horrible it feels. Give it (the feeling) the acceptance it deserves and illusion of suffering is reveled

4. Karen Ward:

   Oil is a game-changer, as inflation picks up the fear of getting into a Japan-style deflation rut will recede. But underlying growth is still fairly subdued so this rise in oil price won't be leading to any rampant inflationary pressure.

5. Gilberto Reyes-Chuela:

   They'll come in and bring like a little box, and they'll ask for money so they could send the body back to their home country to be buried... Sometimes you recognize the people and -- this is more of a mental thing -- you realize that life is short, i don't know if we're turning a corner or getting out of it, but I think we're just in a rut.