Synonyms 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

   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, shitnoun

   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, squattingadjective

   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, 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"

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

   Antonyms:
   tall, high

5. squat, underslungverb

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

   Antonyms:
   high, tall

7. squatverb

   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. squatverb

   occupy (a dwelling) illegally

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

   Antonyms:
   tall, high

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1. squatverb

   Synonyms:
   crouch, cower, sit close to the ground

2. squatverb

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

3. squatadjective

   Synonyms:
   crouching, cowering

4. squatadjective

   Synonyms:
   dumpy, STUMPY, stubby, short and thick

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1. squatverb

   Synonyms:
   crouch, cower

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1. List of paraphrases for "squat":

   fuck-all, zilch

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How to use squat in a sentence?

1. 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.

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. 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.

4. 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.

5. Deepak Chopra:

   Skeptics squat by the road like guardians of truth, letting no one pass who doesn't come up to scratch. They never realize that they can see only what their paradigm tells them to look for. If you judge a person only by how well he plays pool, Mozart won't pass scrutiny, but the fault is in your lens.