ESTIVATING Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

estivating

verb

variants or aestivating

present participle of estivate

as in hanging (around or out)

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Verb

Ticks go dormant in temperatures below 40 degrees, hibernating beneath leaf litter and snow.

— Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
As the creatures head out in search of food and are no longer hibernating, the organization issued a warning following recent attacks.

— Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026

Definition of hibernating

Verb

But instead of kicking back, Nadal’s been busy building a hotel empire.

— Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 7 July 2026
Maybe that means kicking back by the pool with a refreshing summer drink in hand or treating yourself to a creative spin on a classic hot dog from one of these five Atlanta spots.

— Nicole Bennett, AJC.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of kicking back

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Nothing etches itself in your heart quite like the memory of watching a pack of energetic African wild dogs frolicking, a lioness and her cubs dozing on the Kalahari with your own kids tucked in close.

— Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 June 2026
Victor Nicholas ended up dozing with his head on her shoulder.

— Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026

Definition of dozing

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President James Garfield’s assassin, Charles Guiteau, died by hanging about five months after he was convicted of murder.

— USA Today, USA Today, 17 June 2026
In 2019, city employees began hanging about 500 trick-or-treat pumpkin buckets in the trees on Main Street every October.

— Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025

Definition of hanging about

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A couple blocks away there are at least nine police cars, parked, idling.

— Sydney Brownstone, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
Effects of laws against idling In short, anti-idling laws target potentially severe pollution health risks from what is generally a wasteful practice of convenience.

— Richard Marcantonio, The Conversation, 31 July 2026

Definition of idling

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Kids who used to run to the field excited to play, suddenly started loafing to the field wearing their crocs with their heads buried in their phones.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
The pair had been loafing for some time among a grove of apple trees on a private residence in Payson.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of loafing

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The beach was packed, many vacationers lounging near the turquoise waters when the drone slammed into the white sand and burst into a fireball.

— Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026
The 59-year-old actress posed topless while lounging by the pool during her Fiji Islands getaway with Van Hunt.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of lounging

Verb

The fantasy of a cultural architecture that’s as flexible as culture itself has been kicking around for more than 100 years, and there’s something obscurely disappointing about seeing a technocratic version get put into practice.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
Within the venue gates but outside the stands, groups of friends were playing cornhole and having picnic dinners from food trucks parked onsite; older attendees were chatting and kids were kicking around mini soccer balls.

— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026

Definition of kicking around

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