Synonyms for rut
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
2. Bull — to be in the annual rut or mating season
3. Plough — to have sexual intercourse with
plough, sleep with, tup, coitize formal
Noun
1. Groove — A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road
Definitions
- v. 1
To be in the annual rut or mating season.
- v. 2
To have sexual intercourse.
- n. 1
The noise made by deer during sexual excitement.
Near-synonyms: grunt, roar
- n. 2
A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road.
Example sentences
- hump The camel sees not its own hump but that of its fellow.
- bull He is not going to die. He is as strong as a bull.
By length
- 3 letters
- tup
- 4 letters
- beat1, heat1, bull1, roar1, hump1, brim1, rote1, bonk1
- 5 letters
- crack1, grunt1
- 6 letters
- groove1, plough1, furrow2, estrus2
- 7 letters
- routine2, oestrus, blissom, coitize
- 8 letters
- estruate
- 9 letters
- oestruate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (furrow2 = 2 syllables).