Synonyms for chair
tʃɛərcha·ir

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1. chairnoun

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

   "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"

   Synonyms:
   chairwoman, electric chair, chairperson, death chair, president, chairman, professorship, hot seat

2. professorship, chairnoun

   the position of professor

   "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics"

   Synonyms:
   chairwoman, electric chair, chairperson, hot seat, death chair, president, chairman, professorship

3. president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairpersonnoun

   the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

   "address your remarks to the chairperson"

   Synonyms:
   chairwoman, prexy, chairperson, electric chair, death chair, president, chairman, professorship, hot seat

4. electric chair, chair, death chair, hot seatnoun

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

   "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"

   Synonyms:
   chairwoman, chairperson, chairman, death chair, electric chair, president, hot seat, professorship

5. chairverb

   a particular seat in an orchestra

   "he is second chair violin"

   Synonyms:
   chairwoman, electric chair, chairperson, death chair, president, chairman, professorship, hot seat

6. chair, chairmanverb

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

   "She chaired the department for many years"

   Synonyms:
   chairman, moderate, lead

7. moderate, chair, leadverb

   preside over

   "John moderated the discussion"

   Synonyms:
   lead, temper, run, mince, hold in, tame, precede, result, chairman, control, moderate, hold, guide, check, soften, tone down, direct, extend, top, head, conduce, take, pass, leave, conduct, contribute, chasten, go, curb, contain

Matched Categories

1. • Discuss
   • Head
   • Instrument Of Execution
   • Position
   • Seat

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chairnoun

   Synonyms:
   movable seat

2. chairnoun

   Synonyms:
   seat of justice, seat of authority

3. chairnoun

   Synonyms:
   chairman, presiding officer

4. chairnoun

   Synonyms:
   professorship

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1. chairnoun

   Synonyms:
   seat, professorship, chairman

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1. List of paraphrases for "chair":

   presidency, president, chairman, chairperson, chairmanship, chaire, chairing, flesh, chairs, wheelchair, presiding, armchair, chairholder, chairwoman, presidential, pulpit, preside, chaired, speaker, chairpersonship, présidence, seat, silla

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1. Marc Eckstein:

   One of our biggest challenges right now is getting our ambulances out of the emergency department, when our paramedics and EMTs transport a patient to an emergency department, there's a transfer of care that has to take place. Patients who are unstable or unable to be safely transferred to the waiting room or to a chair need a bed in the emergency department to be transferred to. And those beds are lacking right now.

2. Nick Kyrgios:

   The chair umpire said the same thing. ‘This does not look good for the integrity of the sport. Doesn't have a good look.’ It had no effect at all.

3. Rick Meckler:

   As talented a person as Fed Chair Janet Yellen is, I wouldn't necessarily use Fed Chair Janet Yellen as my portfolio advisor for equities.

4. Bill Dudley:

   In the past, when Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell've pushed up the unemployment rate, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell've almost never been able to avoid a full-fledged recession, the problem the Fed faces is they're just late.

5. Timothy Pritts:

   When the opening kickoff was run back, he jumped up and down and got out of his chair and set – I think – every alarm off in the ICU in the process, but he was fine, it was just an appropriate reaction to a very exciting play. He very much enjoyed it.