Synonyms of hibernates

hibernates

verb

present tense third-person singular of hibernate

as in sleeps

to be in an inactive state

bears hibernating in their dens

Related Words

• sleeps
• rests
• plays
• dozes
• idles
• chills
• lingers
• lazes
• lounges
• estivates
• relaxes
• dawdles
• mucks
• hangs (around or out)
• lolls
• loafs
• bums
• kicks back
• messes
• goofs (off)
• dillydallies
• hangs about
• drones
• monkeys
• hacks (around)
• pokes
• loiters
• lags
• dallies
• fools
• lazies
• piddles
• footles
• potters (around)
• putters (around)
• fiddles (around)
• tarries
• trifles
• kicks around
• vegges out
• malingers
• goldbricks
• furloughs
• truants

Dissimilar Words

• works
• toils
• grinds
• plugs
• slaves
• plows
• labors
• grubs
• plods
• sweats
• hustles
• applies
• humps
• pegs
• buckles (down)
• exerts
• travails
• drudges
• moils
• puts out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hibernates

The reptile, which hibernates individually in holes, burrows or rock crevices, prefers to live along ridgelines and bluffs, especially on south and southwest facing slopes. — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2025