BURROWS Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

burrows 1 of 2

noun

plural of burrow

as in nests

the shelter or resting place of a wild animal the chipmunk retreated to its burrow to have its babies

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burrows

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verb

present tense third-person singular of burrow

as in claws

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as in crouches

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Recent Examples of burrows

Noun

Kisatchie National Forest was selected as the release site because of its abundant underground shelters, like tree stump holes and gopher burrows, appropriate for the Louisiana pine snake’s needs. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026 While many burrows are harmless, tunnels located directly beneath patios, steps, retaining walls, or foundations can contribute to erosion and structural concerns over time. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 30 June 2026 Gassing of the muskrat runs, or burrows, was also tried. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 June 2026 The snakes spend much of their time underground in the burrows of pocket gophers. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026 Hedgehog burrows and transit routes. — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026 Prairie massasaugas are a subspecies of the western massasaugas and are endangered in Missouri, living in wet prairies or bottomlands with lots of crayfish burrows and grass. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026 There are a few possibilities for non-gopher holes, including the Norway rat, voles, moles, rabbits, ground squirrels and snakes, which don’t dig their own underground burrows but take over old tunnels and improve upon them. — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 18 May 2026 Health officials say people can also encounter hantavirus risk while handling firewood, working in rodent-prone outdoor areas or disturbing rodent nests and burrows. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrows

Noun

Humans have sought out these nests for nearly a century in Florida.

— Alex Harris July 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
Heavy rain can drive pests like ants and rodents into your home as their outdoor nests flood.

— Alora Bopray, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Definition of nests

Verb

Johansen, sporting an all-black outfit, crouches down next to him and sweetly rests her head on his shoulder.

— Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
But then a heavy beat drops, and the figure crouches down into a duckwalk, moving across the walkway in a low bounce before springing up with the circling arm movements of voguing.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026

Definition of crouches

Verb

Badger excavates or exposes buried infrastructure through a highly pressurized water and vacuum system and uses about 20,000 gallons of water per day, officials have said.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Her series are inevitably female-centric and like the Brontës, who wrote 200 years and a few miles away, her work excavates the drama of daily life and the tension between good and evil that sings below any surface.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026

Definition of excavates

Verb

With the electric motor filling every chink in the engine’s armor, the Bentley squats under throttle and rockets like a luxury locomotive.

— Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 12 June 2026
In a video posted on Instagram on Thursday, Vonn squats with weights, lunges from side to side and does fast kicks against a ball.

— Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026