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 And a small set sits close enough to the core product that the expertise has to stay inside. — Sergey Stopnevich, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 The club has struggled to maintain meaningful momentum this year and sits 11th in the NWSL standings with a 9-12-3 record (win-loss-draw). — Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 The work sits within the Indonesian government and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s broader Solid Waste Management for Sustainable Urban Development project. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026 At this temperature, as per the researchers, the film sits at the boundary between behaving as a superconductor with no electrical resistance, and an ordinary metal with measurable resistance. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026 Review An iconic city landmark, this 14th-century converted Doge's palace dominates the lagoon, and sits just a short stroll away from the Bridge of Sighs and the monuments of Piazza San Marco. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026 The Pride sits five points out of the playoffs at the moment, in 11th place. — Pj Green september 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026 Transmission work sits between $2,500 and $6,000 for a rebuild or full replacement. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026 The way Krouse sees it, honey sits at a unique intersection of longevity science and ancient remedies. — Lauren Valenti, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026

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Once a site manager sets the initial plan, the software takes over the digging work.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Against this microcosm of the class war Lee sets the emergence of artificial intelligence, which threatens to further destabilize labor across a range of industries — including his own.

— Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of sets

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Having receiver Cam Coleman opposite Ryan Wingo puts opposing secondaries between a rock and a hard place, because double-teaming one can result in the other going off.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
That puts the network front and center, and it must be engineered as a first-class part of the architecture, rather than ordered last.

— Ido Susan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of puts

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Molluscum is caused by a virus and spawns the pimple-like bumps.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 10 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of spawns

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There is no noise of a breaking string echoing in the distance — the stage direction that pushed Chekhov’s final dramatic landscape toward Beckettian absurdism before Beckett was born.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
There is a particular sort of helplessness that comes from knowing exactly how to fix a computer while being hundreds of miles away from it.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of is

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Funderburg squats 600 pounds and is all but assured of breaking Zion-Benton’s all-time record in the bench press, 405 pounds, which is held by Nelson.

— Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of squats

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Republicans already control 22 of the 35 Senate seats up for grabs this year, including two seats up for special elections in Ohio and Florida.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Hospitality and consistency La Sponda, which offers spectacular views of Biscayne Bay, seats around 120 diners (there’s also a private dining room for special occasions).

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of seats

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My novel The Rayburn Affair lays bare notions of friendship, rivalry, envy, authorship, and power.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
Accounting Statement 34 from the standards-setting nonprofit lays the foundation for capitalizing, reporting and depreciating capital assets.

— Kathryn Blackman, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of lays

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This elegant 1864 Belle Époque palace stands right next to the Casino de Monte-Carlo and Opera House.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
The executive said the company expects to raise output of the plane — which currently stands at 47 per month — next year.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

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