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. Peter Renn:

   For more than 30 months, transgender troops have been serving our country openly with valor and distinction, but now the rug has been ripped out from under them, once again.

2. Jackson Browne:

   I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will lie on the floor on a rug, look through some books and magazines, and maybe listen to music and try to do stretching exercises to tune up.

3. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   Make sure that the inspectors actually inspect. Make sure that the snapback sanctions actually snap back. And make sure that Iran's violations aren't swept under the Persian rug, of one thing, I can assure you: Israel will be watching closely.

4. Saba Farzan:

   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. Benjamin Crump:

   We will be here to make sure that this is not swept under the rug, we come here to stand with these 13 victims of rape, who happen to be African-American women, to say that their lives matter, too.