Synonyms of estivate

estivate

verb

variants also aestivate

as in to veg out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• veg out
• kick back
• goof (off)
• hang about
• hibernate
• hang (around or out)
• bum
• hack (around)
• doze
• lazy
• lounge
• idle
• fiddle (around)
• loaf
• footle
• potter (around)
• kick around
• drone
• laze
• dawdle
• mess
• putter (around)
• trifle
• muck
• fool
• chill
• monkey
• sleep
• loll
• rest
• piddle
• play
• linger
• relax
• dillydally
• lag
• loiter
• dally
• poke
• tarry
• malinger
• furlough
• truant
• goldbrick

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• work
• slave
• labor
• plow
• plug
• toil
• sweat
• grind
• hustle
• buckle (down)
• apply
• plod
• put out
• peg
• hump
• grub
• exert
• travail
• drudge
• moil

Examples of estivate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Depending on the species, African lungfish estivate after burrowing into the soil to find permanent moisture, or even secreting their own comfy mucus onesie. —Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2019