rub along

Questions about rub along

What is another word for rub along?

It depends which rub along you mean. In the sense “manage one's existence barely”, the synonyms are scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by. Across all 1 sense there are 5 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of rub along?

WordNet records no antonym for rub along. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for rub along come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of rub along

• Full entry for rub alongAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for rub alongWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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