Synonyms for rat race
rat race

Princeton's WordNet

1. rat racenoun

   an exhausting routine that leaves no time for relaxation

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1. • Routine

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1. Darryl Clinton:

   I don't really want to be in the whole rat race thing, and I can escape that here.

2. Paul Gruchow:

   It is one thing to decry the rat race...that is the good and honorable work of moralists. It is quite another thing to quit the rat race, to drop out, to refuse to run any further--that is the work of the individualist. It is offensive because it is impolite it makes the rebuke personal the individualist calls not his or her behavior into question, but mine.

3. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   there has never been a moment in one's life when one might not have stumbled upon this strange reality: what am I doing, where am I so hurriedly running, what is my objective, this whole world is a rat race and I'm going no where, with out any goal, isn't it?. this thought comes to me very often. alas! what to do, don't know what and where to knock the door and experience reality. no sooner that I try, I'm again fallen into the dismal depths of abyss, into the worldly affairs”

4. Lily Tomlin:

   The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.

5. Michael Tubbs:

   I think it will make people work better and smarter and harder and also be able to do things like spend time with their families because we're not robots. We're not just designed just to work all day and run a rat race.