Antonyms for squat
skwɒtsquat

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1. knee bend, squat, squattingnoun

   exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles

   Antonyms:
   tall, high

   Synonyms:
   shit, diddly-shit, doodly-squat, diddlysquat, knee bend, diddly-squat, diddley, jack, squatting, diddlyshit, diddly

2. jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shitnoun

   a small worthless amount

   "you don't know jack"

   Antonyms:
   tall, high

   Synonyms:
   darn, knee bend, diddly-squat, seafarer, jackass, jack, seaman, tar, squatting, laborer, dickhead, hoot, diddlyshit, mariner, dogshit, doodly-squat, gob, diddly-shit, prick, shit, jak, bastard, son of a bitch, crap, tinker's damn, damn, bullshit, sea dog, shite, jackstones, bull, horseshit, turd, dirt, asshole, diddly, shucks, diddlysquat, knave, cocksucker, red cent, tinker's dam, dump, labourer, diddley, poop, whoreson, manual laborer, old salt, jackfruit

3. squat, squattingadjective

   the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

   Antonyms:
   high, tall

   Synonyms:
   shit, diddly-shit, diddlysquat, knee bend, diddly-squat, diddley, jack, squatting, diddlyshit, doodly-squat, diddly

4. chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpyadjective

   short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature

   "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure"

   Antonyms:
   tall, high

   Synonyms:
   lowset, chunky, stumpy, lumpy, tubby, dumpy, pudgy, underslung, squatty, low-set, podgy, roly-poly

5. squat, underslungverb

   having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground

   Antonyms:
   high, tall

   Synonyms:
   chunky, stumpy, undershot, underhung, dumpy, underslung, squatty, low-set

6. squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker downverb

   sit on one's heels

   "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"

   Antonyms:
   high, tall

   Synonyms:
   crump, scrunch up, crisp, bow, crease, stoop, hunker, crinkle, hunker down, bend, scrunch, thud, ruckle, crouch, wrinkle

7. squatverb

   be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide

   "The building squatted low"

   Antonyms:
   high, tall

   Synonyms:
   scrunch, hunker, scrunch up, crouch, hunker down

8. squatverb

   occupy (a dwelling) illegally

   Antonyms:
   tall, high

   Synonyms:
   scrunch, hunker, scrunch up, crouch, hunker down

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1. squatverb

   Synonyms:
   crouch, cower

How to use squat in a sentence?

1. Simon Cheng:

   I was hung (handcuffed and shackled) on a steep X-Cross doing a spread-eagled pose for hours after hours, sometimes, they ordered me to do the 'stress tests', which includes extreme strength exercise such as 'squat' and 'chair pose' for countless hours. They beat me every time I failed to do so using something like sharpened batons.

2. Kolleen Losch:

   We have to be able to do a squat that's safe and effective for when you're sitting in a chair, getting into a car, getting off the couch, those are all functional movements.

3. Denis Volkov:

   People do n’t want to go and protest ; first, because it might be dangerous, and second, because they see it as a futile enterprise, what are we supposed to do ? Our opinion means diddly squat.

4. Steve McMichael:

   I know what it feels like to go in the weight room and do a set of three with 725 pounds on the squat rack, now? When I get up and try to move? It feels like I’m doing 1,000 (expletive) pounds. And it’s just exhausting straining that hard.

5. Vappala Balachandran:

   First baton charge, then tear gas and when everything fails, firing. The constables have to squat on the ground placing one knee on the floor, take aim on the legs to incapacitate the rioters and fire.

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