Synonyms of squats

squats 1 of 2

noun

plural of squat, slang

as in licks

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

• licks
• damns
• hoots
• whits
• syllables
• raps
• diddly-squats
• beans
• figs
• little
• doodley-squats
• whoops
• bits
• jots
• touches
• modicums
• ghosts
• continentals
• shadows
• darns
• diddlies
• ounces
• pins
• iotas
• nips
• tittles
• hints
• shreds
• specks
• dabs
• peanuts
• glimmers
• particles
• shades
• scraps
• sprinklings
• rays
• traces
• strains
• snaps
• crumbs
• driblets
• spots
• skoshes
• suspicions
• mites
• streaks
• aces
• scruples
• semblances
• smidgens

squats

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of squat

as in crouches

to lie low with the limbs close to the body

a detective squatting to examine something on the ground

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of squats

Noun

Regularly performing squats helps maintain that ability to do all things that could become more difficult. — Jenessa Connor, Health, 21 July 2026

Diaz's go-to no-gear routine is one minute of squats, one minute of high knees, and one minute of calf raises. — Angela Haupt, Time, 14 July 2026

Trentacosta recommends starting with a session or two per week, such as simple standing, squats or heel raises on the platform, with adequate balance support nearby. — Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Key Takeaways Doing 10 to 15 squats shortly after eating can help lower blood sugar. — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 9 July 2026

Elsewhere on campus, bass-heavy dance music pulses from a crowded gym class, where an energetic instructor leads around 30 trainees through squats, stretches and lifting drills. — Christopher Clark, NPR, 5 July 2026

Exercises like squats, leg press and dead lifts energize them. — Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026

Proponents say the workout’s minimal movements, like short sets of squats and lifting light weights, leave them with soreness but also increase their muscle. — Diana Anos, CNN Money, 3 July 2026

Influencers who peddle supplements and squats are ignoring the enormous role of societal conditions. — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Verb

The venue was a blockish and forbidding space called Magazine, which squats in a loop of the Thames, in southeast London. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

With the electric motor filling every chink in the engine’s armor, the Bentley squats under throttle and rockets like a luxury locomotive. — Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 12 June 2026

In a video posted on Instagram on Thursday, Vonn squats with weights, lunges from side to side and does fast kicks against a ball. — Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026

Squire squats down in a patch of dead grass along the edge of a creek. — Emily Brindley, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026

Jeanroy squats down, nudges Taïga aside, and starts digging with a cavadou—a sort of pick that resembles a very scary dental tool. — Aislyn Greene, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025

Sinking the throttle forces the electric motor and engine to work together; the car then squats before alarmingly rocketing down the road while swapping cogs swiftly but smoothly. — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025