hibernating

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asleep adj.
dormant adj.

ADJECTIVE

asleep

Synonyms

STRONGEST

comatose dormant

WEAK

catching some zzz's conked crashed dozing dreaming flaked out getting shut-eye in dreamland in repose inactive inert napping on the kip out out cold out like a light out of it reposing resting sacked out sleeping slumbering snoozing snoring somnolent taking forty winks

Antonyms

WEAK

attentive awake conscious

ADJECTIVE

dormant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

asleep comatose inert inoperative latent passive sidelined sluggish

WEAK

abeyant closed-down down fallow lethargic lurking on the shelf out of action potential prepatent quiescent slack slumbering smoldering suspended torpid

Antonyms

STRONGEST

active alert awake conscious lively

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hibernating

As hibernating animals, marmots put on weight before winter.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

The singer, who likened herself to an “all-season” hibernating bear, said “I have not stopped living, and I have not stopped working” amid her health issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

My default seems to be crawling into myself and hibernating with warm, soft-baked Pillsbury chocolate chip cookies with a glass of oat milk.

From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2025

Finally, the researchers wanted to understand the changes that occur at the protein level during the different hibernating phases.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024

“It’s like you’ve been hibernating the whole month of February, though!” said Maya.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

hibernating

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