Synonyms 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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

Matched Categories

1. • Floor Covering
   • Furnishing

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "rug":

   carpet, carpets, carpeting, rugs, mats, mat, tapis, all-in, doormat, wig, quilt, tapetum, treadmill, gus

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1. Bjorn Brunvand:

   Can you take that away from them? Can you retroactively pull the rug out and reinsert the death penalty? Brunvand toldFox News that a motion has already been filed to reinstate the death penalty for his client. He thinks thats an injustice. I cannot imagine having been sentenced to death, having received word from the Supreme Court that the scheme is unconstitutional and youre going to get a new trial, to have lawyers start preparing for trial and then all of the sudden face the prospect that Oh, we might just send you back to death row. I cant imagine.

2. Tim Veenstra:

   It's devastating, it's the final thing that pulls the rug right out from all the weak companies. You're forced to produce wells that are uneconomic just to keep your LLR positive.

3. Gary Peters:

   It's a process -- you can't just pull the rug out from underneath everybody's feet, if you tell the American people you must do this, my experience has been a lot of people will say,' You can't tell me to do anything.'.

4. Saba Farzan:

   With every report that Dr. Shaheed releases, it becomes more and more evident how systematic human rights violations are structured under the Iranian dictatorship, 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.

5. Chuck Schumer:

   I’m sorry that it may be bad politics for Republicans in their midterm campaigns, the Democratic-led Congress is not going to just sweep Jan. 6 under the rug. The truth will come out.