Synonyms for hibernation
hi·ber·na·tion

Princeton's WordNet

1. hibernationnoun

   the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter

2. hibernationnoun

   cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals

3. hibernationnoun

   the act of retiring into inactivity

   "he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years"

Matched Categories

1. • Dormancy
   • Retirement
   • Torpor

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1. List of paraphrases for "hibernation":

   hibernate, hibernating, hibernacula, overwintering

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1. Sage Chief Executive Jeff Jonas:

   It's almost like an artificial hibernation to keep the brain and the body at rest in the hopes that something can be done for the patient.

2. Jon Costanzo:

   Frogs and turtles that live in seasonally cold places are very well-adapted to survive the winter, even a particularly long one, however, it is doubtful that they could survive a hibernation that lasts multiple years.

3. Prime Minister Scott Morrison:

   This is part of the hibernation strategy of ensuring we keep people connected with their businesses and with their jobs, so on the other side of this, Australia can bounce back stronger.

4. Jeff Saut:

   The individual investor is in hibernation. There are six distinct stages to a secular bull market and we are nowhere near euphoria, nowhere close, unless you own the FANGs.

5. Paul Hetherington:

   They usually go into a hibernation in winter but due to this very warm winter they have not. So what else do slugs do? They breed and they eat, so there is a high likelihood that we are going to see a slug explosion given that many of their predators are in decline.