Synonyms of crouches

crouches

verb

present tense third-person singular of crouch

as in huddles

to lie low with the limbs close to the body

the cat crouched in the bushes, waiting for the right moment to pounce on the chipmunk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huddles
• squats
• hunches
• scrunches
• hunkers (down)
• couches
• squinches
• curls up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crouches

The child folds over and crouches on the ground while the performance continues for several seconds. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026

Sometimes a less reliable dog will smell in this manner the hot body scent of venison as a trembling doe crouches close in the brush upwind. — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026

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

At the other end of the pitch, Robert Lewandowski crouches down on his haunches, eyes looking everywhere and nowhere, their nothingness saying everything. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026

The girl crouches because there is no room to stand. — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026

Alyssa Liu just literally crouches down right in front of us on the press row, right at the ice. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026

Two hours later, the trainer — now in a foam Michelin-man neck-to-heel suit — crouches near the box, imitating a quiet intruder. — Megan Sauer tasia Jensen, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026