CHAIRS Synonyms

• an area that includes places where several people can sit

• chair with a support on each side for arms

• a long seat for more than one person

• the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively

• a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)

• persons who administer justice

• a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic

• the reserve players on a team

• (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom

• take out of a game; of players

• exhibit on a bench

• To lift a weight using a bench press

• To exercise using a bench press

• an upholstered seat for more than one person

• a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer

• a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment

• formulate in a particular style or language

• an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it

• an upholstered seat for more than one person

• a simple seat without a back or arms

• solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

• (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings

• a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

• lure with a stool, as of wild fowl

• react to a decoy, of wildfowl

• grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers

• have a bowel movement

• the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.

• a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

• the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions

• sit on the throne as a ruler

• put a monarch on the throne

• the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

• act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university

• a seat for one person, with a support for the back

• the position of professor

• the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

• an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person

• a particular seat in an orchestra

• act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university

• preside over

• the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

• the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

• an advantage held by a competitor in a race

• a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey

• mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil

• evidence pointing to a possible solution

• a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead')

• the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)

• the introductory section of a story

• (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning

• an actor who plays a principal role

• (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base

• an indication of potential opportunity

• a news story of major importance

• the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine

• restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

• thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing

• a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire

• the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge

• take somebody somewhere

• produce as a result or residue

• tend to or result in

• travel in front of; go in advance of others

• cause to undertake a certain action

• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• be in charge of

• be ahead of others; be the first

• be conducive to

• lead, as in the performance of a composition

• lead, extend, or afford access

• move ahead (of others) in time or space

• cause something to pass or lead somewhere

• preside over

• being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme

• a person who takes a position in the political center

• not extreme

• marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

• preside over

• make less fast or intense

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• make less severe or harsh

• make less strong or intense; soften

• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

• any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

• someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust

• a member of a police force

• a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel

• direct or command as an officer

• an executive officer of a firm or corporation

• the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government

• the office of the United States head of state

• the chief executive of a republic

• the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

• the head administrative officer of a college or university

• the position of professor

• act as president