Antonyms of verb aestivate

1 sense of aestivate

Sense 1
estivate, aestivate -- (sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate")
       Antonym of hibernate (Sense 1)
      => hibernate, hole up -- (sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb aestivate

1 sense of aestivate

Sense 1
estivate, aestivate -- (sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate")
       => sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's -- (be asleep)