SITS Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

sits

verb

present tense third-person singular of sit

as in sets

to rest on the buttocks or haunches everybody needs to sit down because it's time for class

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as in puts

to cause to sit down the host had to sit some of the guests on the porch

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as in spawns

to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop we didn't want to disturb the hens, as they were sitting

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as in is

to occupy a place or location the monument that sits at the entrance to the battlefield

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Recent Examples of sits In the living room, Arne Jacobsen’s sculptural Egg chair sits alongside a deep-green sofa by George Smith—a holdover from Hulka’s first concept for the room, and now in conversation with the willows outside. — Laura Regensdorf, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2026 At the opposite end of the upper ground level sits a hunter-green kitchen with herringbone wood floors. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2026 The facility sits inside stable crystalline bedrock roughly 430 meters below the surface. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026 Denver, for example, sits more than 5,000 feet (1,524 meters) above sea level. — Rio Yamat, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 The area where the pouch sits, inside the mouth against the gums, has caught the attention of dentists and oral surgeons. — Callie Teitelbaum, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, the house sits empty in Green Valley Ranch because Attard’s company is not allowed to rent it or sell it, pending the court cases. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026 On the one end sits college football, the billion-dollar industry that commands attention from August until January. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026 The Cyclades Suite sits at the farthest point of the luxury hotel, where its pool stretches along the terrace and appears to spill into the Aegean. — Melinda Sheckells, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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But after winning back-to-back Class 4A state titles, the Wildcats learned their academic record sets them apart too.

— Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Because solar generation naturally drops when clouds pass or when the sun sets, engineers pair photovoltaic panels with utility-scale battery storage systems.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of sets

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Another shoe will drop for SpaceX this week when close to a billion shares held by insiders can be sold for the first time on Thursday, which traditionally puts downward pressure on newly IPOed company stock prices.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
Nick Mitchell is a slap-hitting outfielder who doesn’t chase or whiff much but has no power and puts the ball on the ground a lot.

— Keith Law, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of puts

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But the software wrapped around it reinserts the objective on every turn, stores progress to a file, spawns subagents, retries on failure, and keeps going until a verifier says the task is done.

— Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
The average female lionfish spawns around 27,000 eggs every three days, so unsurprisingly, the species quickly spread throughout the Caribbean, up the East Coast and east to the Bahamas.

— Rachel Nuwer, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026

Definition of spawns

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But there is no current US market segment along the lines of electric pickup smaller than a regular truck but still with room for a family of four.

— Michael Ballaban, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
The executive noted that at many busy airports, there is no room for building new terminals and hangars or extending ramp space, making acquisitions the only way to gain entry.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of is

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The venue was a blockish and forbidding space called Magazine, which squats in a loop of the Thames, in southeast London.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
With the electric motor filling every chink in the engine’s armor, the Bentley squats under throttle and rockets like a luxury locomotive.

— Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 12 June 2026

Definition of squats

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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

Definition of seats

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Instead, pack blazers, dress shirts, and anything with structure in a garment bag, which requires fewer folds and lays flat.

— Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026
The Bay of Fundy lays claim to the largest tidal range on the planet, with waves crescendoing upwards of 50 feet a day.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026

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