Synonyms of seats

seats 1 of 2

noun

plural of seat

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
• homes
• centers
• commands
• capitals
• high commands

2

as in bums

the part of the body upon which someone sits

fell down on his well-padded seat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bums
• cheeks
• tails
• rumps
• bottoms
• fannies
• behinds
• buns
• butts
• posteriors
• cans
• buttocks
• breeches
• backsides
• tushes
• rears
• haunches
• beams
• rear ends
• cabooses
• tail ends
• booties
• hams
• nates
• hunkers
• fundaments
• heinies
• sterns
• derrieres
• keisters
• duffs
• moons

3

as in capitals

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

• capitals
• centers
• hubs
• bases
• hearts
• meccas
• nuclei
• foci
• playgrounds
• cores
• loci
• axes
• nerve centers
• navels
• nexuses
• headquarters
• eyes
• centrals
• ground zeros
• cynosures
• epicenters
• hot spots
• kernels
• omphali
• hives
• magnets
• attractions
• nubs
• playlands
• hotbeds
• happy hunting grounds
• souls
• essences
• piths
• thicks
• deeps
• polestars
• lodestones
• quintessences

seats

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of seat

1

as in sits

to cause to sit down

the usher seated them in the third row

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sits
• puts
• sets down
• places
• rests
• lays
• lies
• ensconces
• reclines
• settles
• reposes

2

as in inducts

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

• inducts
• installs
• inaugurates
• baptizes
• initiates
• instates
• receives
• accepts
• invests
• consecrates
• admits
• enshrines
• swears in
• enrolls
• takes in
• enlists

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cans
• terminates
• fires
• discharges
• musters out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of seats

Noun

Ships book slots to transit, similar to how passengers book seats on airplanes in advance. — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

But every piece of the car, down to the stitching on the seats, is made to each driver's preference. — Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

As for the stadium itself, Badain said all but six seats have been sold in what is called the Athletic Club — an area reserved for premium season ticket holders — and about half of all the club-level seats are gone. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

The California referendum returns authority to an independent commission after 2030, while the Texas maps are expected to leave Democrats with multiple seats. — Yuripzy Morgan, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026

Five other seats have been filled by the chairs of each collar county. — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

That requires thousands of season tickets and premium seats, suites, sponsorships and corporate hospitality. — Rich Bradley, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026

Furthermore, about 75 percent of those 6,000 seats in the loge section belonged to subscribers. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Advance/Newhouse will retain its two board seats held by Steve Miron and Michael Newhouse. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026

Verb

Nearby, a dining area topped with a Noguchi light fixture adjoins a sleek matte black and brass-accented kitchen, which has an expansive island that seats five, integrated appliances, and a walk-in pantry. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026

Children run in and out and dinners stretch around a dining table that seats sixteen. — Sara Ruffin Costello, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026

But the insurgent left has again and again upset leadership plans with high-risk choices to serve its own factional agenda, putting at risk once-probable Senate victories in Maine, Michigan, and some House seats too. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026

The symposium was moved from a 400-seat auditorium at the National Gallery to a meeting room at Dumbarton Oaks that seats 80. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Inside, the moodily-lit, maze-like dining room seats 500, and also includes a gift shop, on-site brewery, and attached pizza and sushi restaurants. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2026

Bleacher seats in the top rows of the 7,500-seat main stadium were going for $100 on the secondary market in the middle of the week. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

All games in this inaugural season will be held at Robin Roberts Stadium in Springfield, Illinois, which seats 5,200. — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026

North End Zone fan experience The two-story structure takes the place of the old metal stands in the North End and seats approximately 1,600 in both field-level suites and loge boxes. — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026