Synonyms for bunker down

Most common

squat · crouch · hunker · scrunch

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To take shelter; to prepare oneself for some eventuality; to focus on a task.

   That test is worth half your grade, so you'd better hunker down and start studying.

Related words

Other spellings

hunker down

Example sentences

• squat Tom started doing squat thrusts in the waiting room.
• crouch You need to crouch to reach the book under the sofa.
• hunker I'm ready to hunker down for the evening.

By length

5 letters

squat¹

6 letters

crouch¹, hunker²

7 letters

scrunch¹

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hunker² = 2 syllables).