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in a rut
adjective as in conservative
Strongest match
adjective as in conventional
Strongest match
Weak matches
- bigoted
- bourgeois
- button-down
- commonplace
- conforming
- conservative
- demure
- doctrinal
- dogmatic
- drippy
- hackneyed
- hidebound
- humdrum
- illiberal
- in rut
- inflexible
- insular
- isolationist
- lame
- literal
- moderate
- moral
- narrow
- narrow-minded
- not extreme
- not heretical
- obstinate
- parochial
- pedestrian
- prosaic
- puritanical
- routine
- rube
- run-of-the-mill
- sober
- solemn
- square
- stereotyped
- straight
- strait-laced
- strict
- stuffy
- uptight
adjective as in customary
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- according to Hoyle
- accustomed
- acknowledged
- by the numbers
- chronic
- common
- confirmed
- conventional
- established
- everyday
- familiar
- fashionable
- frequent
- general
- habitual
- household
- in the groove
- normal
- ordinary
- orthodox
- playing it safe
- popular
- prescriptive
- recognized
- regular
- regulation
- routine
- same old
- sop
- standard
- standard operating procedure
- stipulated
- understood
- universal
- wonted
adjective as in settled
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in traditionalist
adjective as in traditionalistic
Weak matches
- bourgeois
- constant
- controlled
- conventional
- die-hard
- fearful
- firm
- fogyish
- fuddy-duddy
- guarded
- hard hat
- hidebound
- holding to
- illiberal
- inflexible
- middle-of-the-road
- obstinate
- old guard
- old-line
- orthodox
- quiet
- reactionary
- right of center
- right-wing
- rightist
- sober
- stable
- steady
- traditional
- traditionalist
- unchangeable
- unchanging
- uncreative
- undaring
- unimaginative
- unprogressive
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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