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Synonyms for sitting
ˈsɪt ɪŋsit·ting

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  1. sitting, posingnoun

    (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

    "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting"

    Synonyms:
    posing, seance, session

    Antonyms:
    moving

  2. sittingnoun

    the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position

    "he read the mystery at one sitting"

    Synonyms:
    posing, seance, session

    Antonyms:
    moving

  3. seance, sitting, sessionnoun

    a meeting of spiritualists

    "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"

    Synonyms:
    school term, academic session, posing, academic term, seance, session

    Antonyms:
    moving

  4. sittingadjective

    a session as of a legislature or court

    Synonyms:
    posing, seance, session

    Antonyms:
    moving

  5. seated, sittingadjective

    (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks

    "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated"

    Synonyms:
    seated

    Antonyms:
    moving

  6. sittingadjective

    not moving and therefore easy to attack

    "a sitting target"

    Synonyms:
    seated

    Antonyms:
    moving

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  1. sittingnoun

    Synonyms:
    session

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  1. sittingnoun

    Associated words:
    sedentary, assession, astasia

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How to use sitting in a sentence?

  1. Judge Jeanine Pirro:

    They didn’t tell anyone that one of the most rabid anti-Trump, anti-Fox people was going to be sitting next to me and interviewing me.

  2. Michael Connelly:

    The trick if you are sitting at the defense table is to be patient. To wait. Not just for any lie. But for the one you can grab on to and forge like hot iron into a sharpened blade. You then use that blade to rip the case open and spill its guts on the floor.

  3. John Green:

    This is what I liked most about my friends: just sitting around and telling stories. Window stories and mirror stories.

  4. The Democrat:

    Yesterday’s Republican letter is yet another disingenuous attempt to deflect blame away from Republican irresponsibility that is resulting in the loss of American lives, republicans and their right-wing disinformation machine are undermining vaccine confidence and then blaming the sitting president for a crisis of the unvaccinated that Republicans created.

  5. Randy Frederick:

    I kind of expected it to be stuck in neutral, people are just sitting tight waiting for the Fed meeting, although frankly it is going to be a non-event. That doesn't mean people won't get a little concerned about it.


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