POSITIONS Synonyms: 145 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of position

as in jobs

an assignment at which one regularly works for pay he holds the position of manager at the store

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as in roles

the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists man's position in the universe

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as in locations

the area or space occupied by or intended for something I knew that someone had been in the room because the chair was out of its usual position

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as in stations

the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain the soldiers were commanded to hold their position on the hill at all costs

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as in levels

the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement holds the lead position in the standings

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verb

present tense third-person singular of position

as in places

to arrange something in a certain spot or position positioned the chairs around the room

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Recent Examples of positions

Noun

Operators can deploy the system in less than two minutes, allowing units to establish surveillance positions quickly. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 June 2026 Devers developed into a star in Boston, but fell out with the front office over being asked to move positions. —

Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026 Trump has fired or accepted the resignation of several women from key Cabinet level positions. —

Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026 Political history is littered with hopefuls who took strong partisan positions during primaries, then tried to tack to the center during the general election—sometimes successfully, sometimes not. —

Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 17 June 2026 According to the governor's office, the funding would allow the Texas Animal Health Commission — the state agency leading the state's screwworm response — to hire 15 new term positions, including 10 field inspectors and specialists in emergency management and epidemiology. —

Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 17 June 2026 That allows the program to build depth, retain its first-team talent and remain competitive with top-of-the-market rates for elite players in positions of need. —

Jeff Sentell, AJC.com, 17 June 2026 These assumptions reflect positions of power. —

Literary Hub, 17 June 2026 This expansion is already budgeted for, including positions that have yet to be filled. —

Lauren Linder, CBS News, 17 June 2026

Verb

Hayden—heir to the Payne family and Rachel’s former boyfriend—positions himself as an ally. —

Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 18 June 2026 Micron Technology has considerable room left to run as the company positions itself to benefit from a memory shortage amid the artificial intelligence boom, according to Deutsche Bank. —

Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 17 June 2026 Elite positions itself as a hybrid digital PR and reputation-repair agency, working alongside in-house communications and legal counsel to suppress harmful results, secure corrective coverage in high-authority outlets, and rebuild the search narrative surrounding a client's name. —

Jason Phillips, USA Today, 17 June 2026 Serving remote island locations Officially, United Aircraft positions the R6000 for civilian roles including logistics, disaster relief, offshore support, and operations in areas lacking prepared runways. —

Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 17 June 2026 By using this framing, the term positions the larger body, the body someone had before weight-loss, as something bad that will haunt them. —

Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026 Booster positions the robot as a platform for schools, labs and robotics teams. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026 My grandmother positions a chair in front of the windows of our sunroom, which look out onto the neighboring hills dotted with bungalows, Tuscan pines and tall palm trees. —

Zinzi Clemmons, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 The new Siri will include a stand-alone app, which positions it to compete more directly with tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude. —

Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 8 June 2026

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Noun

Courts are also deciding lawsuits over whether workers were illegally fired in retaliation for doing their jobs under previous administrations.

— Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 14 June 2026
Washington — While millions of Americans are struggling to find jobs in a tough labor market, healthcare is emerging as a lifeline for career changers.

— Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 June 2026