CHAIRS Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

chairs

noun

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plural of chair

as in chairpersons

a person in charge of a meeting all questions and comments should be directed to the chair

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as in helms

the place of leadership or command the chair of the English department at the university

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ranks

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Recent Examples of chairs Fed chairs usually have a great deal of influence over the rate-setting committee, but their power is not absolute. —

Joe Walsh, CBS News, 13 May 2026 Then there’s the strategic introduction of accent colors, including the red stove, yellow chairs, and purple lava-stone countertop. —

Eleni N. Gage, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2026 That's unusual since Fed chairs typically leave the central bank when their term as the head is done. —

Scott Horsley, NPR, 13 May 2026 Renovated in 2023, the traditional Goan style continues in guest rooms with parquet floors, cane weave chairs, antique-style wardrobes with mirrors and headboards, and furnished balconies or terraces. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 May 2026 With the help of the nurses in the NICU, including Issabel Kenkel, the couple was able to say their vows while sitting in chairs next to each other with their newborns in their arms. —

Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026 One of the commission’s co-chairs, the North Carolina incumbent Representative Valerie Foushee, instead received ad-spending from the Public First side of the aisle. —

Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026 Therrien is most famous for his sculptures that raise domestic items to monumental proportions, most notably Under the Table (1994), his installation composed of a gigantic wood table and chairs that loom high over their viewers. —

Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 May 2026 Just three days before The Bachelorette was set to debut in March, TMZ posted a video of Paul lobbing chairs at Mortenson in the presence of her daughter. —

Josef Adalian, Vulture, 6 May 2026

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Noun

With seven Republican members of the Oklahoma Legislature campaigning for statewide office, GOP leaders have kept those lawmakers in their leadership positions or as committee chairpersons, a reversal of policies instituted by previous House speakers or Senate pro tempores.

— Paul Monies, Oklahoma Watch, 21 Jan. 2026
Menin, an Upper East Side Democrat who’s seen as a centrist counterweight to Mayor Mamdani’s administration, is expected to make the appointments at a Council meeting Thursday where picks for all of the body’s other committee chairpersons will also be announced, the sources said.

— Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026