All in a rut synonyms

adj in a rut

• cautious — Someone who is cautious acts very carefully in order to avoid possible danger.
• traditional — of or relating to tradition.
• timid — lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
• reactionary — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
• middle-of-the-road — favoring, following, or characterized by an intermediate position between two extremes, especially in politics; moderate.
• accepted — Accepted ideas are agreed by most people to be correct or reasonable.
• firm — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
• right — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
• constant — You use constant to describe something that happens all the time or is always there.
• redneck — an uneducated white farm laborer, especially from the South.
• steady — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
• quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
• fuddy-duddy — a person who is stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.
• stable — a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
• bourgeois — If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle-class people.
• tory — a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
• traditionalist — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
• rightist — of or relating to conservative or reactionary political views; noting or characteristic of the political Right.
• conventional — Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal.
• die-hard — a person who vigorously maintains or defends a seemingly hopeless position, outdated attitude, lost cause, or the like.
• fearful — causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
• guarded — cautious; careful; prudent: to be guarded in one's speech.
• illiberal — narrowminded; bigoted.
• inflexible — not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid: an inflexible steel rod.
• obstinate — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
• orthodox — of, relating to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.
• right-wing — members of a conservative or reactionary political party, or those opposing extensive political reform.
• sober — not intoxicated or drunk.
• unchangeable — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
• unchanging — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
• unimaginative — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
• controlled — held in check; curbed: poorly controlled anger.
• hidebound — narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible: a hidebound pedant.
• traditionalistic — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
• uncreative — having the quality or power of creating.
• unprogressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
• old guard — the imperial guard created in 1804 by Napoleon: it made the last French charge at Waterloo.
• fogey — fogy.
• daring — People who are daring are willing to do or say things which are new or which might shock or anger other people.
• sop — a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
• according to hoyle — according to the rules and regulations; in the prescribed, fair, or correct way
• accustomed — If you are accustomed to something, you know it so well or have experienced it so often that it seems natural, unsurprising, or easy to deal with.
• acknowledged — recognized as being true or existing
• by the numbers — in prescribed sequence of movements and accompanied by a count
• chronic — A chronic illness or disability lasts for a very long time. Compare acute.
• common — If something is common, it is found in large numbers or it happens often.
• confirmed — You use confirmed to describe someone who has a particular habit or belief that they are very unlikely to change.
• familiar — well-acquainted; thoroughly conversant: to be familiar with a subject.
• fashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
• frequent — happening or occurring at short intervals: to make frequent trips to Tokyo.