seat

seat

noun

Definition of SEAT

1

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

Synonyms command, headquarters

Related Words high command; center, home; capital

2

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

Synonyms backside, behind, booty (also bootie) [slang], bottom, breech, bum, buns, butt, caboose, can, cheeks, derriere (or derri{egrave}re), duff, fanny, fundament, hams, haunches, heinie [slang], hunkers, keister (also keester) [slang], nates, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tush [slang]

Related Words beam, stern; moon [slang]

3

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>

Synonyms axis, base, capital, central, core, cynosure, epicenter, eye, focus, ground zero, heart, hub, locus, mecca, navel, nerve center, nexus, nucleus, omphalos, seat

Related Words headquarters; happy hunting ground, hive, hotbed, hot spot, playground, playland; kernel, nub, pith; deep, thick; essence, quintessence, soul; attraction, lodestone (also loadstone), magnet, polestar