Synonyms of the word

chair

• n. An item of furniture used to sit on or in comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for…
• n. Chairperson.
• n. (music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
• n. (rail transport) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers,…
• n. (chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly…
• n. (slang, with the) The electric chair.
• n. A distinguished professorship at a university.
• n. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse;…
• v. (transitive) To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
• v. (transitive) To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
• v. (transitive, Wales, Britain) To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.

berth

• n. A fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc).
• n. Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.).
• n. A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
• n. (nautical) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
• n. A job or position, especially on a ship.
• n. (sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
• n. (sports) position on the field of play.
• v. (transitive) to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth.
• v. (transitive) to assign a berth (bunk or position) to.

billet

• n. A short informal letter.
• n. A written order to quarter soldiers.
• n. A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.
• n. An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.
• n. (figuratively) Berth; position.
• v. (transitive, of a householder etc.) To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
• v. (intransitive, of a soldier) To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
• v. (transitive) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.
• n. (metallurgy) A semi-finished length of metal.
• n. A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
• n. (heraldry) A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.
• n. (architecture) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round.
• n. (saddlery) A strap that enters a buckle.
• n. A loop that receives the end of a buckled strap.

chairman

• n. A person (usually but not always a man) presiding over a meeting.
• n. The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
• n. (historical) Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.
• v. To serve as chairman.

chairperson

• n. A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.

chairwoman

• n. A female chairperson.
• n. (obsolete) A charwoman.

discuss

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.
• v. (transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To break to pieces; to shatter.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To deal with, in eating or drinking.
• v. (transitive, law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal…

head

• n. (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense…
• n. (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
• n. (social, countable) A leader or expert.
• n. A significant or important part.
• n. Headway; progress.
• n. Topic; subject.
• n. (uncountable) Denouement; crisis.
• n. (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.
• n. (slang, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
• n. (slang) The glans penis.
• n. (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
• n. (obsolete) Power; armed force.
• adj. Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
• adj. Foremost in rank or importance.
• adj. Placed at the top or the front.
• adj. Coming from in front.
• v. (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.).
• v. (transitive) To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball.
• v. (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
• v. (fishing) To remove the head from a fish.
• v. (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
• v. (intransitive) To form a head.
• v. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
• v. To cut off the top of; to lop off.
• v. (obsolete) To behead; to decapitate.
• v. To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain.
• v. To set on the head.

lead

• n. (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnishe…
• n. (countable) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at seaor (dated) to estimate…
• n. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
• n. (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
• n. Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
• n. (plural leads) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
• n. (countable) A thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago (graphite) used in pencils.
• n. (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
• v. (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
• v. (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
• v. (heading, transitive) To guide or conduct.
• v. (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing…
• v. (heading) To begin, to be ahead.
• v. (transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice;…
• v. (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
• v. To produce (with to).
• v. Misspelling of led.
• n. (uncountable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course.
• n. (uncountable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead…
• n. (countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
• n. (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
• n. (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit,…
• n. (acting) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
• n. (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
• n. (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
• n. (countable, mining) A lode.
• n. (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
• n. A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash.
• n. In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release…
• n. Charging lead.
• n. (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
• n. (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
• n. Hypothesis that has not been pursued.
• n. Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details…
• n. (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
• n. Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more…
• n. (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
• n. (newspapers) A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why…
• n. An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast.
• n. (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times…
• n. (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
• n. (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
• n. (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance…
• n. (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound…
• n. (electrical) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter…
• n. (electrical) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive…
• adj. (not comparable) Foremost.
• adj. (music) main, principal.
• v. Misspelling of led.

moderate

• adj. Not excessive; acting in moderation.
• adj. Mediocre.
• adj. Average priced; standard-deal.
• adj. Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
• adj. (US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
• n. One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
• v. (transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something).
• v. (intransitive) To become less excessive.
• v. (transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise.

office

• n. (religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly.
• n. A position of responsibility.
• n. Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.
• n. (obsolete) An official or group of officials; (figuratively) a personification of officeholders.
• n. A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; (obsolete, rare) moral…
• n. (obsolete) The performance of a duty; an instance of performing a duty.
• n. (archaic) Function: anything typically done by or expected of something.
• n. (obsolete) A bodily function, (particularly) urination and defecation; an act of urination or defecation.
• n. (now usually in plural) A service, a kindness.
• n. (figuratively, slang) Inside information.
• n. A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly.
• n. (figuratively) The staff of such places.
• n. (figuratively, in large organizations) The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly.
• n. (now in the plural, dated) The parts of a house or estate devoted to manual work and storage, as the kitchen,…
• n. (Britain law, historical) Clipping of inquest of office: an inquest undertaken on occasions when the Crown…
• n. (obsolete) A piece of land used for hunting; the area of land overseen by a gamekeeper.
• n. (figuratively, slang, obsolete) A hangout: a place where one is normally found.
• n. (Britain military slang, dated) A plane's cockpit, particularly an observer's cockpit.
• n. (computing) A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and…
• v. To provide (someone) with an office.
• v. (intransitive) To have an office.

place

• n. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
• n. A location or position in space.
• n. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
• n. (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
• n. (obsolete, rhetoric) A topic.
• n. A frame of mind.
• n. (chess, obsolete) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
• n. (social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
• n. (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
• n. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
• n. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
• n. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
• v. (transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
• v. (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
• v. (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
• v. (transitive, passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
• v. (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
• v. (transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
• v. (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
• v. (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).

position

• n. A place or location.
• n. A post of employment; a job.
• n. A status or rank.
• n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
• n. A posture.
• n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
• n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
• n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
• n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
• v. To put into place.

post

• n. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post.
• n. (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
• n. A pole in a battery.
• n. (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
• n. (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
• n. (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
• n. (sports) A goalpost.
• n. (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers;…
• v. (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
• v. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
• v. (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
• v. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
• v. (transitive, poker) To pay (a blind).
• n. (obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility…
• n. (dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of…
• n. A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such…
• n. (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
• n. An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
• n. A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person…
• n. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum.
• n. A location on a basketball court near the basket.
• n. (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line…
• n. (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
• n. (obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
• v. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
• v. To travel quickly; to hurry.
• v. (Britain) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
• v. (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially…
• v. (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
• adv. With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly.
• adv. Sent via the postal service.
• n. An assigned station; a guard post.
• n. An appointed position in an organization, job.
• v. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
• v. To assign to a station; to set; to place.
• prep. After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
• n. (film, informal) Post-production.

president

• n. The head of state of a republic, a representative democracy and sometimes a dictatorship.
• n. Primary leader of a corporation. Not to be confused with CEO, which is a related but separate position…
• n. A person presiding over a meeting, chair, presiding officer, presider.
• n. Obsolete form of precedent.
• adj. (archaic) Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.

professorship

• n. the office of a professor.

seat

• n. Something to be sat upon.
• n. A location or site.
• n. The starting point of a fire.
• n. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
• v. (transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
• v. (transitive) To provide with places to sit.
• v. (transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
• v. (transitive, legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one…
• v. (transitive) To assign the seats of.
• v. (transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To rest; to lie down.
• v. To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
• v. To put a seat or bottom in.

situation

• n. The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
• n. The place in which something is situated; a location.
• n. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
• n. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
• n. (Britain) A position of employment; a post.
• n. A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.

spot

• n. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally…
• n. A stain or disfiguring mark.
• n. A pimple, papule or pustule.
• n. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
• n. (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
• n. A location or area.
• n. A parking space.
• n. (sports) An official determination of placement.
• n. A bright lamp; a spotlight.
• n. (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
• n. Difficult situation; predicament.
• n. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist…
• n. (soccer) Penalty spot.
• n. The act of spotting or noticing something.
• n. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
• n. A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind…
• n. The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of…
• n. (in the plural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate…
• n. An autosoliton.
• n. (finance) A decimal point; point.
• v. (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
• v. (finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
• v. To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
• v. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist…
• v. (dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
• v. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
• v. To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
• v. To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. Notably in billiards or snooker.
• adj. (commerce) Available on the spot; on hand for immediate payment or delivery.