Synonyms of squat

squat 1 of 3

adjective

as in stout

being compact and broad in build and often short in stature

a short, squat woman

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stout
• squatty
• plump
• sturdy
• stocky
• stumpy
• thickset
• dumpy
• stubby
• husky
• thick
• round
• chunky
• heavy
• heavyset
• fat
• full
• bulky
• burly
• beefy
• overweight
• obese
• chubby
• rotund
• brawny
• pudgy
• tubby
• soft
• corpulent
• fleshy
• weighty
• thickish
• gross
• potbellied
• portly
• paunchy
• flabby
• roly-poly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lean
• thin
• slender
• skinny
• fragile
• delicate
• puny
• frail
• spare
• slim
• angular
• bony
• lanky
• gaunt
• slight
• sinewy
• skeletal
• scrawny
• wasted
• lank
• emaciated
• haggard
• weedy
• wiry
• rawboned
• scraggy
• anorexic
• spindly
• cadaverous
• willowy
• twiggy
• waspish

squat

2 of 3

verb

ˈskwät 

as in to crouch

to lie low with the limbs close to the body

a detective squatting to examine something on the ground

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crouch
• huddle
• hunch
• couch
• hunker (down)
• scrunch
• curl up
• squinch

squat

3 of 3

noun

slang

as in damn

the smallest amount or part imaginable

he doesn't do squat all day long and is by far the laziest worker in the company

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damn
• lick
• whit
• hoot
• shred
• fig
• diddly
• syllable
• diddly-squat
• bit
• modicum
• little
• beans
• rap
• darn
• continental
• whoop
• doodley-squat
• iota
• jot
• ghost
• tittle
• touch
• bubkes
• hint
• ounce
• pin
• ray
• glimmer
• semblance
• speck
• spot
• strain
• particle
• crumb
• trace
• shade
• peanuts
• smidgen
• suspicion
• streak
• scrap
• sprinkling
• shadow
• ace
• nip
• mite
• driblet
• skosh
• dab
• scruple
• snap

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of squat

Adjective

Shooting in a widescreen format that gives ironic grandeur to a squat, featureless town in the Texas Panhandle, DP Peter Flinckenberg is attentive to the piercing, sometimes radiant winter light of the region in the harshest months of the year. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026

This charcoal gray pair features a pull-on waistband for all-day comfort and is made from breathable, four-way stretch fabric that shoppers say is squat-proof. — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 22 Aug. 2026

Verb

Because of that weakness, opposing defenses have been squatting on Green Bay’s routes, believing their rush would get home on Jordan Love. — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

The network didn’t come together soon enough for federal regulators, who accused the company of squatting on valuable wireless capacity. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2026

Noun

The bootblack squats beside a chest containing the tools of his trade. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Artist Petersen recalled the artistic freedom that came from living in London squats (empty buildings without the owner’s permission). — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026