SEATS Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

seats 1 of 2

noun

plural of seat

as in headquarters

a place from which authority is exercised all applications had to be submitted at the county seat for proper processing

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as in bums

the part of the body upon which someone sits fell down on his well-padded seat

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as in capitals

a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest a capital that is the seat of culture for the whole nation

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seats

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of seat

as in sits

to cause to sit down the usher seated them in the third row

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as in inducts

to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate

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Noun

Fewer Americans than ever think that their representative in Congress deserves to be reelected ahead of a midterm election, according to new Gallup polling, a warning sign for incumbents from both parties battling for their seats next week. — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026 Pratt, a 22-year-old who debuted in June, drove a slider into the left-field seats against Seymour to become the first rookie to hit a World Series extra-inning homer. — Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026 The power that comes with a committee gavel depends on a blue wave materializing next Tuesday, when Democrats need to pick up at least four seats to retake the chamber from Republicans. — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2026 Pratt, a 22-year-old rookie whose go-ahead hit sparked the Brewers to a 5-4 win in Game 2, drove a slider into the left-field seats against Seymour. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Exit polls released early Wednesday by major Israeli TV stations suggested that Netanyahu's bloc and Eisenkot's each won about 51 seats, and Arab parties won about 18. — Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026 Partial results showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc likely to win 56 seats and challenger Gadi Eisenkot's to win 48 in the 120-seat Knesset, with over 66% of ballots counted. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026 The Dolphins, who have lost their first five games and are in the midst of a roster retooling, are raising season ticket prices across the board in 2027, after not increasing prices for any seats (and lowering the price of some seats) this year. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 Wedding crashers are now a business that couples can use to fill the seats of no-shows at the reception. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Verb

Larger aircraft expands capacity The 737-10 typically seats between 185 and 210 passengers in a two-class configuration, although its maximum seating capacity reaches 230. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026 The Rocket version seats only one person and will be available by invitation. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Had that not happened the team would have had to most likely play at Gateway Center Arena — its usual home that seats 3,500. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Carnegie Hall seats well over 3,000 people, but this intense, no-frills performance film gives life to the old saying about feeling alone in a crowd. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 Moving from Gateway Center Arena, which seats 3,500, to the Hawks’ arena will let thousands more fans attend. — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 In addition to the chef’s counter, the dining room seats 56 guests, with an outdoor patio with 28 seats and an eight-seat bar. — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 This game marks the debut of Ryan Field, Northwestern’s $850 million stadium that seats 35,000. — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 The café seats up to 40 indoors with additional seating on the outdoor patio. — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Zellers poured the foundation, and Morrison hired fellow ski bums to do the framing, masonry, and tiling.

— Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Within the often zany and slapstick realm of Bob’s Burgers, Tina still manages to steal the show with her singular voice, romantic fantasies, and obsessions with unicorns and boy bums.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of bums

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That means building stronger connections between the region’s fashion capitals, but also finding ways for designers to reach more international buyers, press and customers.

— Ashley Ogawa Clarke, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026
Moscow has also noted the prospect of French or British nuclear guarantees extending to European states and nonnuclear European capitals considering the development of nuclear options of their own.

— Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of capitals

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The stock is about 3% above it, and the bottom of the Muse gap at $625 sits right underneath.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
The Israeli settlement of Neve Daniel sits south of Jerusalem, atop one of the highest ridges in the West Bank, nearly 1,000 meters above sea level.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of sits

Noun

Fort Worth police Officer Buddy Calzada read a letter from Everman Mayor Ray Richardson, who stood in the audience in light blue with tears on his cheeks.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026
Lauren Jones, a photographer from Savannah, Georgia, told Glamour that after acne-like rashes appeared on her cheeks, her esthetician instructed her to wash only with cold water and her hands for four weeks.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheeks

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Much of Modi’s comedy centers on differences between various kinds of Jews, a friction that elicits knowing laughters from his (largely, but not wholly) Jewish audience.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
In 2012, as part of a nationwide cost-cutting move, the Postal Service closed the mail processing centers in Fort Lauderdale and Pembroke Pines and shifted the work sorting Broward’s mail to the Opa-locka center in Miami-Dade County.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of centers

Verb

The malicious system component silently installs apps that look like weather tools, app lockers and other everyday utilities.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Blacksmith instead buys its own machines, tens of thousands of them, according to Jayaprakash, and installs them in data centers around the world.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

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Venice, Vienna, London, then years on the Proffers’ couch in Ann Arbor, then New York, a story ending, eventually, with coat tails, in Stockholm, receiving the Nobel Prize.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
There is nothing truly random about whether a coin comes up heads or tails.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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