What is another word for Chair?
Synonyms for Chair
tʃɛərcha·ir
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word Chair.
Princeton's WordNet
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 seatprofessorship, 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, chairpresident, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairpersonnoun
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
"address your remarks to the chairperson"
Synonyms:
chairwoman, chair, prexy, chairperson, electric chair, death chair, president, chairman, professorship, hot seatelectric 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, chair, chairperson, chairman, death chair, electric chair, president, hot seat, professorshipchairverb
a particular seat in an orchestra
"he is second chair violin"
Synonyms:
chairwoman, electric chair, chairperson, death chair, president, chairman, professorship, hot seatchair, chairmanverb
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
"She chaired the department for many years"
moderate, chair, leadverb
preside over
"John moderated the discussion"
Synonyms:
lead, temper, run, mince, hold in, tame, precede, result, chairman, control, chair, moderate, hold, guide, check, soften, tone down, direct, extend, top, head, conduce, take, pass, leave, conduct, contribute, chasten, go, curb, contain
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
chairnoun
Synonyms:
movable seatchairnoun
Synonyms:
seat of justice, seat of authoritychairnoun
Synonyms:
chairman, presiding officerchairnoun
Synonyms:
professorship
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
chairnoun
Synonyms:
seat, professorship, chairman
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#104 | top | |
#123 | go | |
#246 | take | |
#272 | check | |
#333 | control | |
#342 | guide | |
#611 | result | |
#672 | run | |
#688 | president | |
#692 | head | |
#783 | direct | |
#1129 | leave | |
#1176 | lead | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1990 | chair | |
#2580 | speaker | |
#2645 | conduct | |
#2700 | contain | |
#2719 | chairman | |
#2740 | seat | |
#3410 | contribute | |
#4392 | chairs | |
#4532 | extend | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#5983 | presidential | |
#8205 | flesh | |
#10883 | wheelchair | |
#11505 | chairperson | |
#11655 | presidency | |
#12551 | curb | |
#18450 | presiding | |
#19014 | chaired | |
#19215 | temper | |
#22862 | armchair | |
#22879 | tame | |
#29429 | pulpit | |
#30385 | soften | |
#33043 | precede | |
#39685 | preside | |
#43736 | chairmanship | |
#48106 | professorship | |
#50453 | mince | |
#50584 | chairwoman | |
#57193 | chairing | |
#65679 | silla | |
#173470 | conduce | |
#209206 | chaire | |
#246567 | chasten | |
#301359 | presidence | |
#304496 | prexy |
How to use Chair in a sentence?
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy:
I don’t think it’ll be a race, elise has done an excellent job and will continue to be conference chair.
I have concluded that the media attention is not compatible with my CEO role at Sodra, therefore, I have decided that the best alternative is to leave the position as Chair of Swedbank with immediate effect.
The chair wishes to remind all members about certain standards of decorum in the hall of the House GOP, that includes proper attire, behavior that is respectful to other members and our staff and adherence to mask requirements and other safety protocols intended to protect all of those present in the Hall of House GOP.
I'm going to be remaining as the chair of the Democratic National Committee as President Obama has asked me to do until January 21, 2017, and I appreciate the president’s support.
I have tremendous admiration for [ Volcker ]. fed Chair Jerome Powell had the courage to do what Fed Chair Jerome Powell thought was the right thing.
Translations for Chair
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- voorsitter, stoelAfrikaans
- ወንበርAmharic
- كُرْسيّ, مَقْعَدArabic
- stulAzerbaijani
- ултырғысBashkir
- стул, крэ́слаBelarusian
- стол, председа́тел, председателствувамBulgarian
- আসন, সভানেত্রী, কেদারা, সভাপতি, চেয়ার, চেয়ারপারসনBengali
- kadorBreton
- cadiraCatalan, Valencian
- židleCzech
- ystôl, cadairWelsh
- stolDanish
- Stuhl, Vorsitzender, führen, VorsitzGerman
- ގޮނޑިDivehi
- καρέκλα, πρόεδροςGreek
- seĝo, prezidantoEsperanto
- silla, asientoSpanish
- toolEstonian
- katedra, aulkiBasque
- کرسی, صندلیPersian
- puheenjohtaja, tuoli, [[johtaa]] [[puhetta]]Finnish
- fauteuil, chaise, présiderFrench
- cathaoir, cathaoirleachIrish
- cathairScottish Gaelic
- cadeiraGalician
- apyka'iGuaraní
- ખુરસી, આસંદીGujarati
- כיסא, יושב ראשHebrew
- कुरसीHindi
- székHungarian
- աթոռArmenian
- sedeInterlingua
- kursiIndonesian
- stuloIdo
- stóllIcelandic
- capo, sedia, presidente, presiedereItalian
- 椅子, ソファJapanese
- სკამიGeorgian
- geteKikuyu, Gikuyu
- орындықKazakh
- កៅអីKhmer
- 椅子, 의자Korean
- орундукKyrgyz
- cathedra, solium, sellaLatin
- StullLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຕັ່ງLao
- kėdėLithuanian
- krēsls, priekšsēdētājsLatvian
- tūru, nohoanga, heamanaMāori
- стол, сто́лица, претседавач, претседател, води, претседаваMacedonian
- сандал, суудалMongolian
- kerusiMalay
- siġġuMaltese
- ထိုင်ခုံBurmese
- stolNorwegian
- stoel, zetelDutch
- stolNorwegian Nynorsk
- formann, leder, stolNorwegian
- bikááʼ dah asdáhí, bikʼi dah asdáhíNavajo, Navaho
- cadièraOccitan
- krzesłoPolish
- cadeira, assento, presidente, dirigir, comandarPortuguese
- sutgaRomansh
- președinte, scaune, președinți, președintă, scaunRomanian
- стул, председа́тель, председа́тельницаRussian
- carida, cadrea, catrea, cadiraSardinian
- столац, столица, stolac, stolicaSerbo-Croatian
- පුටුවSinhala, Sinhalese
- stoličkaSlovak
- stolSlovene
- nofoaSamoan
- kursiSomali
- karrigeAlbanian
- setuloSouthern Sotho
- stol, ordförandeSwedish
- kitiSwahili
- கதிரைTamil
- కుర్చీTelugu
- курси, сандалиTajik
- เก้าอี้Thai
- oturgyçTurkmen
- silyaTagalog
- sandalye, koltuk, iskemleTurkish
- урындыкTatar
- стіле́ць, крі́слоUkrainian
- کرسیUrdu
- o`rindiqUzbek
- ghếVietnamese
- jädVolapük
- tchereye, sele, tcheyireWalloon
- שטול, בענקלYiddish
- isihlaloZulu
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