SEATS Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of seat

as in headquarters

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

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as in bums

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

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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

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seats

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verb

present tense third-person singular of seat

as in sits

to cause to sit down the usher seated them in the third row

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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

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Recent Examples of seats

Noun

The seats being full for the national anthem at each of their home playoff games is a sight not often seen at Southern California sporting events. —

Eric Stephens, New York Times, 15 May 2026 And the end came well before midnight, with goals by Mitch Marner and Brett Howden in the first 8½ minutes giving Vegas a commanding lead before many in the late-arriving weeknight crowd had made it to their seats at the Honda Center. —

Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026 And then the second thing to consider is that because the 2026 midterm election is poised to be so Democratic, the Republicans might not want to stretch too far, out of fear that doing so would endanger some of their own seats. —

Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 May 2026 The rest of them got seats at the state dinner and mingled over cocktails at the exclusive Capital Club in Beijing. —

Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 14 May 2026 Louisiana's state Senate advanced a map on Wednesday that would favor Republicans in five out of six seats. —

Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 14 May 2026 Fans were already trickling into their seats at Mohegan Sun Arena for the Connecticut Sun‘s game against the Las Vegas Aces on Wednesday night when news broke that the team’s relocation to Houston was finally official. —

Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026 But there's no guarantee those seats will turn out as expected. —

ABC News, 14 May 2026 Lorenzen’s night began ominously when Juan Soto hit Lorenzen’s third pitch of the game 435 feet and into the left-centerfield seats. —

Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 7 May 2026

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For compact spaces, the Serwall Dining Set comfortably seats four around a smaller card-table-style setup, while the larger Jocoevol Dining Table accommodates up to nine guests. —

Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 21 May 2026 The 2,100-square-foot restaurant also features an outdoor terrace that opens onto Brickell Avenue that seats around 60 diners, with nine seats at the bar. —

Connie Ogle may 20, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026 The three-story addition featured a new primary suite, a movie theater that seats 20, an office, and a wine cellar. —

Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 19 May 2026 The private dining room, which seats up to 60 guests, is one of the region’s best. —

Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 13 May 2026 Comfort class, which seats up to three, has bucket seats and stowable beds with thick duvet covers. —

Emily Manthei, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026 In all, Republicans had turned about 13 House seats their way before the Supreme Court ruling. —

Larry Kaplow, NPR, 9 May 2026 If hosting is on your summer to-do list, this set comfortably seats up to seven people and comes with a large coffee table with a glass top ideal for serving small plates. —

Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026 This season, the people said, the team is expanding its seating capacity at Gateway Center Arena from 3,500 to 4,000 and will play at least five games at State Farm Arena, home of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, which seats about 17,000. —

Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 4 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for seats

Noun

History buffs, avid hikers, music lovers, wine aficionados, and beach bums will all find a town to love in the Old Dominion.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
For ski bums looking to hit the Colorado slopes without slogging through I-70 traffic, there’s no better destination than Winter Park.

— Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026