Synonyms for hunker
ˈhʌŋ kərhun·ker

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker downverb

   sit on one's heels

   "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"

   Synonyms:
   crump, scrunch up, crisp, bow, crease, stoop, crinkle, hunker down, bend, scrunch, thud, ruckle, squat, crouch, wrinkle

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hunkernoun

   Synonyms:
   [U. S.] conservative, fogy

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1. Jennifer Aniston:

   The career was one thing. I didn't know what was coming, and that's been nothing but blessed. ... It was more personal stuff that I had expectations about that sort of shape-shifted, so to speak, that was what was jarring, that we all had an idea of what the future was going to be, and we were going to go hunker down and focus on this or that, and then it all just changed overnight, and that was it.

2. Brendan Peregrine:

   We can hunker down for days.

3. Muriel Bowser:

   We have throughout this storm encouraged our residents to stay off the streets, and for the most part they have heeded that, they prepared to hunker down, and they did.

4. Holly Parker:

   If somebody with infinite knowledge could tell us( when) this is going to be over if you just hunker down and you socially distance... if people knew, they would have a greater ability to hold on.

5. Mayor Muriel Bowser:

   It has life and death implications, and (people) should treat it that way, people should hunker down, shelter in place and stay off the roads.