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or aestivates
present tense third-person singular of estivate
Synonyms & Antonyms of estivates
as in dozes, hibernates
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for estivates
- bums,
- chills,
- dallies,
- dawdles,
- dillydallies,
- drones,
- footles,
- goofs (off),
- hacks (around),
- hangs (around or out),
- hangs about
- [British],
- idles,
- kicks around,
- kicks back,
- lazes,
- lazies,
- loafs,
- lolls,
- lounges,
- vegges out
- (or veges out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for estivates
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“Estivates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estivates. Accessed 19 May. 2022.
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