Synonyms for seat
sitseat

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1. seat, placenoun

   a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)

   "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place"

   Synonyms:
   fanny, berth, tail, lieu, place, spot, rear end, billet, can, nates, station, situation, post, property, fundament, space, topographic point, posterior, buttocks, behind, position, stern, bottom, backside, bum, buns, hindquarters, plaza, tail end, derriere, tooshie, stead, butt, hind end, rump, shoes, keister, ass, prat, arse, rear, blank space, piazza, office, tush, home

2. buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, assnoun

   the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

   "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

   Synonyms:
   screw, arse, keister, female genital organ, substructure, stinkpot, goat, cornerstone, stern, lavatory, git, croup, arsehole, butt, shadower, crapper, commode, throne, skunk, base, tooshie, foundation, butt end, lav, derriere, can buoy, shag, place, prat, bottomland, hind end, behind, tin can, scum bag, asshole, freighter, understructure, ass, stub, backside, after part, female genitals, tramp, female genitalia, idler, nookie, toilet, piece of tail, laughingstock, shtup, poop, foot, screwing, posterior, potty, bathroom, quarter, do-nothing, back end, dirty dog, tush, tail, merchantman, canful, can, croupe, butt joint, john, back tooth, bunghole, nates, rat, rump, nooky, pot, back, privy, underside, piece of ass, rear end, rear, layabout, bottom, buns, merchant ship, undersurface, tail assembly, hobo, loafer, fundament, stool, roll in the hay, empennage, rotter, so-and-so, stooge, target, stinker, buttocks, bottom of the inning, hindquarters, bum, cigaret, coffin nail, tin, crumb, groundwork, shadow, fag end, cigarette, bed, basis, tail end, fanny, lowlife, puke

3. seatnoun

   furniture that is designed for sitting on

   "there were not enough seats for all the guests"

   Synonyms:
   rear end, tush, tooshie, buns, tail end, derriere, fanny, bottom, place, buttocks, stern, hind end, tail, bum, prat, rear, can, behind, butt, hindquarters, ass, arse, posterior, rump, fundament, nates, backside, keister

4. seatnoun

   any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)

   "he dusted off the seat before sitting down"

   Synonyms:
   rear end, tush, tooshie, buns, tail end, derriere, fanny, bottom, place, buttocks, stern, hind end, tail, bum, prat, rear, can, behind, butt, hindquarters, ass, arse, posterior, rump, fundament, nates, backside, keister

5. seatnoun

   a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)

   Synonyms:
   rear end, tush, tooshie, buns, tail end, derriere, fanny, bottom, place, buttocks, stern, hind end, tail, bum, prat, rear, can, behind, butt, hindquarters, ass, arse, posterior, rump, fundament, nates, backside, keister

6. seatnoun

   the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based

   "the brain is said to be the seat of reason"

   Synonyms:
   rear end, tush, tooshie, buns, tail end, derriere, fanny, bottom, place, buttocks, stern, hind end, tail, bum, prat, rear, can, behind, butt, hindquarters, ass, arse, posterior, rump, fundament, nates, backside, keister

7. seatnoun

   the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body

   "he was elected to a seat in the Senate"

   Synonyms:
   rear end, tush, tooshie, buns, tail end, derriere, fanny, bottom, place, buttocks, stern, hind end, tail, bum, prat, rear, can, behind, butt, hindquarters, ass, arse, posterior, rump, fundament, nates, backside, keister

8. seatnoun

   a part of a machine that supports or guides another part

   Synonyms:
   rear end, tush, tooshie, buns, tail end, derriere, fanny, bottom, place, buttocks, stern, hind end, tail, bum, prat, rear, can, behind, butt, hindquarters, ass, arse, posterior, rump, fundament, nates, backside, keister

9. seatverb

   the cloth covering for the buttocks

   "the seat of his pants was worn through"

   Synonyms:
   rear end, tush, tooshie, buns, tail end, derriere, fanny, bottom, place, buttocks, stern, hind end, tail, bum, prat, rear, can, behind, butt, hindquarters, ass, arse, posterior, rump, fundament, nates, backside, keister

10. seat, sit, sit downverb

    show to a seat; assign a seat for

    "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"

    Synonyms:
    invest, posture, ride, induct, baby-sit, sit around, sit, model, pose, sit down

11. seatverb

    be able to seat

    "The theater seats 2,000"

    Synonyms:
    invest, sit, sit down, induct

12. induct, invest, seatverb

    place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position

    "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"

    Synonyms:
    put, endue, induct, adorn, place, clothe, enthrone, endow, invest, gift, empower, vest, sit, indue, commit, initiate, induce, sit down

13. seatverb

    put a seat on a chair

    Synonyms:
    invest, sit, sit down, induct

14. seatverb

    provide with seats

    "seat a concert hall"

    Synonyms:
    invest, sit, sit down, induct

15. seatverb

    place or attach firmly in or on a base

    "seat the camera on the tripod"

    Synonyms:
    invest, sit, sit down, induct

16. seatverb

    place in or on a seat

    "the mother seated the toddler on the high chair"

    Synonyms:
    invest, sit, sit down, induct

Matched Categories

1. • Accommodate
   • Architecture
   • Body Part
   • Cabinetry
   • Center
   • Furniture
   • Legal Right
   • Location
   • Part
   • Place
   • Put
   • Supply
   • Support

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chairs

   you can sit in chairs, so they're considered seats!

   Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. seatnoun

   Synonyms:
   place, station, site, situation

2. seatnoun

   Synonyms:
   abode, dwelling, residence, mansion

3. seatnoun

   Synonyms:
   bottom, fundament

4. seatverb

   Synonyms:
   place, station, locate, establish, fix, set, settle, dispose

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1. seatnoun

   Synonyms:
   site, abode, situation, station, fundament, buttocks, bottom, breech, chair, sofa, tête-à-tête, divan, settee, banquette, dickey, rumble, bench, form, pew

2. seatverb

   Synonyms:
   usher

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1. List of paraphrases for "seat":

   headquarters, pillion, journal, seating, seats, siege, 'sseat, place, journals, sede, post, chair, location

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1. Lindy Boggs:

   When you’re not in leadership, you don’t have a seat at the table – maybe you have your subcommittee or your committee, something like that – but it almost is impenetrable, and the American people know it. They feel it and that’s why they’re becoming radical in their political expressions.

2. Grant White:

   It's been surprisingly relaxed, and you do feel as though you're part of the day because it's very intimate, obviously Windsor has been buzzing today anyway, but to have this ring-side seat is just priceless.

3. Gene Cole:

   I heard Mr. Routh say, 'I shot them because they wouldn't talk to me. I was just riding in the back seat of the truck and nobody would talk to me. They were just taking me to the range so I shot them. I feel bad about it, but they wouldn't talk to me. I'm sure they've forgiven me,'.

4. Joe Biden:

   While any seat lost is painful — some good Democrats didn’t win last night — Democrats had a strong night, and we lost fewer seats in the House of Representatives than any Democratic president’s first midterm election in the last 40 years, and we had the best midterm for governors since 1986.

5. Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson:

   We need a different type of action ... not words, it’s a time to pay attention and understand what’s really going on. We do want a seat at the table.