Synonyms for hunker
ˈhʌŋ kərhun·ker

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. 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"

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

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hunkernoun

   Synonyms:
   [U. S.] conservative, fogy

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1. Muriel Bowser:

   We have throughout this storm encouraged our residents to stay off the streets, and for the most part they have heeded that, they prepared to hunker down, and they did.

2. Mayor Muriel Bowser:

   It has life and death implications, and (people) should treat it that way, people should hunker down, shelter in place and stay off the roads.

3. Patrick Reed:

   They had two couches by a table, and we stayed there the entire time, whenever they say, 'OK, we'll update you in an hour,' it's just not enough time for us to be able to go all the way back to where we're staying and back, so we just had to hunker down here.

4. Orrin Hatch:

   These are restrictions that the Islamic State could use to its advantage, if we are telling the Islamic State upfront that we will not use ground forces, will they not tailor their strategy around that fact? If we advertise when the authorization expires at an arbitrary date ... will they not hunker down and wait for that date?

5. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser:

   It has life-and-death implications, and (people) should treat it that way, people should hunker down, shelter in place and stay off the roads.