Synonyms of vegetate

vegetate

verb

as in to relax

to spend time doing things that do not require much thought or effort; to be very lazy or inactive

I just spent the weekend vegetating at home.

I'm worried that after I retire I'll just sit at home, watch TV, and vegetate.

Related Words

• relax
• rest
• chill
• laze
• idle
• dawdle
• bum
• unwind
• decompress
• compose
• unbend
• hang (around or out)
• bask
• hack (around)
• loaf
• goof (off)
• lounge
• wind down
• dillydally
• veg out
• drone
• zone out
• loosen up
• chill out
• mellow (out)
• de-stress
• loll
• footle
• dally
• repose
• comfort
• settle
• relieve
• alleviate
• quiet
• kick back
• cool
• calm
• ease

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vegetate

Contrary to the arid badlands of Ledi-Geraru today, millions of years ago, the area was a lush, vegetated landscape with rivers and shallow lakes. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025

This small reservoir grows big bass but is heavily vegetated in early spring. — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 11 June 2024

The program has documented more than 900 springs with flowing or standing water within Arizona’s Sky Islands region, 75 of them with moist ground only, 55 that are dry but still vegetated, and 272 that have dried completely. — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024

About 30 minutes later, rescuers made voice contact with Blessing but were unable to reach him until about midnight, due to the steep and thickly vegetated terrain, Fish and Game said. — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023