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Synonyms for sit
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  1. sitverb

    To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs (especially the upper legs) are supported by some object.

    After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.

    Synonyms:
    be seated

  2. sitverb

    To move oneself into such a position.

    I asked him to sit.

    Synonyms:
    take a seat, sit down, be seated, sit up

  3. sitverb

    To occupy a given position permanently.

    The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.

    Synonyms:
    found, situate, be

  4. sitverb

    To be accepted or acceptable; to work.

    Synonyms:
    receive, accept, welcome, well

  5. sitverb

    To accommodate in seats; to seat.

    The dining room table sits eight comfortably.

    Synonyms:
    seat

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sit, sit downverb

    be seated

    Synonyms:
    posture, ride, sit down, baby-sit, seat, model, pose, sit around

    Antonyms:
    stand, lie, stand up

  2. sit, sit aroundverb

    be around, often idly or without specific purpose

    "The object sat in the corner"; "We sat around chatting for another hour"

    Synonyms:
    posture, ride, sit down, baby-sit, seat, model, pose, sit around

    Antonyms:
    stand, stand up, lie

  3. sit down, sitverb

    take a seat

    Synonyms:
    posture, seat, sit down, baby-sit, sit around, model, pose, ride

    Antonyms:
    stand up, stand, lie

  4. sitverb

    be in session

    "When does the court of law sit?"

    Synonyms:
    posture, ride, sit down, baby-sit, seat, model, pose, sit around

    Antonyms:
    lie, stand up, stand

  5. model, pose, sit, postureverb

    assume a posture as for artistic purposes

    "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"

    Synonyms:
    sit down, stupefy, baffle, stick, seat, mock up, get, simulate, put, mystify, flummox, beat, present, place, personate, impersonate, position, dumbfound, perplex, mould, sit around, lay, ride, posture, amaze, mold, baby-sit, gravel, pattern, nonplus, bewilder, vex, set, model, puzzle, pose

    Antonyms:
    lie, stand up, stand

  6. ride, sitverb

    sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

    "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare"

    Synonyms:
    bait, devolve on, turn on, hinge on, tease, ride, hinge upon, pose, drive, depend on, depend upon, baby-sit, cod, sit around, posture, tantalise, mount, model, rag, razz, taunt, seat, twit, sit down, tantalize, rally

    Antonyms:
    stand, lie, stand up

  7. sitverb

    be located or situated somewhere

    "The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue"

    Synonyms:
    posture, ride, sit down, baby-sit, seat, model, pose, sit around

    Antonyms:
    stand, lie, stand up

  8. baby-sit, sitverb

    work or act as a baby-sitter

    "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do"

    Synonyms:
    posture, ride, sit down, baby-sit, sit around, seat, model, pose

    Antonyms:
    lie, stand up, stand

  9. seat, sit, sit downverb

    show to a seat; assign a seat for

    "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"

    Synonyms:
    invest, posture, ride, induct, baby-sit, sit around, seat, model, pose, sit down

    Antonyms:
    lie, stand up, stand

  10. sitverb

    serve in a specific professional capacity

    "the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury"

    Synonyms:
    posture, ride, sit down, baby-sit, seat, model, pose, sit around

    Antonyms:
    lie, stand up, stand

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. noho

    noho is the maori word for sit. a word often used to calm children down when standing

    e noho children, its time to start class now.

    Submitted by mikaw on August 8, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sitverb

    Synonyms:
    be seated, have a seat

  2. sitverb

    Synonyms:
    perch (as a bird)

  3. sitverb

    Synonyms:
    stay, rest, settle

  4. sitverb

    Synonyms:
    brood (as fowls), incubate

  5. sitverb

    Synonyms:
    fit, be adjusted

  6. sitverb

    Synonyms:
    hold a session

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "sit":

    seated, sta, sitting, assis, tis, stay, serve

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How to use sit in a sentence?

  1. Judge Timothy R. Walmsley:

    I do want to put that time period in context, and the only way I could think to do so -- it may be a little theatrical, but I think it's appropriate, i want us all to get a concept of time. So what I'm going to do is, I'm going to sit silently for one minute.

  2. Scott Minerd:

    It's a troubling precedent that The Fed is going to sit there and continue to fund these zombie companies that don't deserve to exist.

  3. Chris Long:

    I wish everybody would have a chance to be on a team, i really do believe, it might be clich, but we come from a lot of different walks of life and backgrounds and I’ve played with a lot of guys I probably would have never met in other walks of life. We sit here in a bubble in a really positive way. I wish the rest of the world could be on a team, he continued. ... (W)e get to really be exposed to each other’s different cultures, different ways of life and the way we look at different things. And I think that’s the really cool thing about being on a team.

  4. Torrei Hart:

    I’m at a place in my life where I feel like I have a target on my back, and because of that I should make smart decisions. And recently, I didn’t. You know, I’m not perfect. I’m not going to sit up here and say that I am or claim to be in any way shape or form. And I made a bad error in judgment and I put myself in a bad environment where only bad things can happen and they did.

  5. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker:

    Think about this, we were told by Republican leaders during the campaign cycle last year that we just needed a Republican Senate to be elected to repeal Obamacare. Well, here we sit, you know both chambers of the United States Congress have been controlled since January by Republicans and yet there's not a bill on the President's desk to repeal Obamacare.


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