aestivate

Questions about aestivate

What does aestivate mean?

aestivate means "sleep during summer".

How many syllables are in aestivate?

aestivate has 4 syllables: a-e-sti-vate. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for aestivate?

Close synonyms include estivate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of aestivate?

The recorded antonyms are hibernate.

Is aestivate a common word?

aestivate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.