Antonyms for rut

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ruht

Phonetic Transcription : rʌt

Definition of rut

Origin : "narrow track worn or cut in the ground," 1570s, probably from Middle English route (see route (n.)); though OED finds this "improbable." Metaphoric meaning "narrow, monotonous routine; habitual mode of behavior" first attested 1839.

noun groove, indentation
noun routine of daily life

Example sentences :

The business man gets into a rut, and often does not look beyond it.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

Rut they were all accompanied with an ineffable dignity, and an angelic purity.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

Once he thought Corinne hit a rut that could have been avoided.
Extract from : « Weak on Square Roots » by Russell Burton

You see, I came on the coach as far as Bayport and then we lost a wheel in a rut.
Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Yet at least it served to raise our daily lives out of the rut of commonplace.
Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan

Prince Arthur could not lift it out of the rut, nor Grandolph either.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 8, 1893 » by Various

However, you got the car out of the rut, so perhaps we can proceed on our way now.
Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown

Contentment—in a rut—that may be the best way of passing this life, after all.
Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day

The younger worker may think the older worker stodgy and in a rut.
Extract from : « Have We No Rights? » by Mabel Williamson

The horse stumbled in a rut, then swerved aside, and broke into a gallop.
Extract from : « The Picture of Dorian Gray » by Oscar Wilde

Synonyms for rut

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