Synonyms for squat
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1. knee bend, squat, squatting(noun)

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

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

   Antonyms:
   tall, high

2. jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit(noun)

   a small worthless amount

   "you don't know jack"

   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

   Antonyms:
   tall, high

3. squat, squatting(adj)

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

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

   Antonyms:
   high, tall

4. chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy(adj)

   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"

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

   Antonyms:
   tall, high

5. squat, underslung(verb)

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

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

   Antonyms:
   high, tall

6. squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down(verb)

   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, hunker, crinkle, hunker down, bend, scrunch, thud, ruckle, crouch, wrinkle

   Antonyms:
   high, tall

7. squat(verb)

   be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide

   "The building squatted low"

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

   Antonyms:
   high, tall

8. squat(verb)

   occupy (a dwelling) illegally

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

   Antonyms:
   tall, high

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. squat(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   crouch, cower, sit close to the ground

2. squat(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   [Modern.] settle (without title to the land), plant one's self, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent

3. squat(a.)

   Synonyms:
   crouching, cowering

4. squat(a.)

   Synonyms:
   dumpy, STUMPY, stubby, short and thick

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   fuck-all, zilch

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