Synonyms of seat

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seat 1 of 2

noun

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1

as in headquarters

a place from which authority is exercised

all applications had to be submitted at the county seat for proper processing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• headquarters
• center
• home
• command
• capital
• high command

2

as in bum

the part of the body upon which someone sits

fell down on his well-padded seat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bum
• tail
• rump
• cheeks
• rear
• behind
• posterior
• bottom
• fanny
• backside
• buttocks
• butt
• buns
• caboose
• can
• tush
• derriere
• beam
• haunches
• rear end
• hunkers
• tail end
• fundament
• heinie
• duff
• breech
• stern
• keister
• booty
• nates
• bootie
• derrière
• keester
• hams
• moon

3

as in center

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 & Similar Words

• center
• hub
• capital
• base
• focus
• mecca
• heart
• locus
• core
• nucleus
• central
• playground
• ground zero
• headquarters
• navel
• nerve center
• nexus
• axis
• omphalos
• cynosure
• epicenter
• eye
• hot spot
• where it's at
• kernel
• playland
• hive
• attraction
• magnet
• thick
• deep
• hotbed
• pith
• nub
• soul
• essence
• polestar
• happy hunting ground
• lodestone
• loadstone
• quintessence

seat

2 of 2

verb

1

as in to sit

to cause to sit down

the usher seated them in the third row

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sit
• place
• put
• set down
• rest
• recline
• lay
• lie
• ensconce
• repose
• settle

2

as in to install

to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies

one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• install
• induct
• inaugurate
• initiate
• baptize
• receive
• instate
• invest
• accept
• swear in
• enroll
• admit
• consecrate
• enlist
• enshrine
• enrol
• take in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fire
• can
• discharge
• terminate
• muster out

• fire
• can
• discharge
• terminate
• muster out

Phrases Containing seat

• driver's seat
• catbird seat

• driver's seat
• catbird seat