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 Motorsport meets nuclear engineering Power conversion sits between the reactor and the electrical grid. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026 In the next scene, Musk sits at a roundtable with his army of early 20s DOGE staffers, looking on proudly alongside Fox News’ Jesse Watters. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 This pretty hamlet sits right on the Connecticut river in the foothills of the Green Mountains, so expect undulating blankets of colorful foliage in every direction. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026 Pattaya sits less than an hour’s drive north of U-Tapao, where an airbase hosted dozens of US B-52 bombers during the Vietnam War. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 The company licensed the intellectual property related to the approach from the National Eye Institute, which sits within the National Institutes of Health. — Emma Clapp, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Near the intersection of Olive Street and East Sixth Street in Kansas City’s Historic Northeast sits Nelson’s home, which has been in the family for generations. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 This essay, along with many of Berry’s teachings, sits with me. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026 The InnoAsia Startup Demo Jam sits at the center of the first track, with nine companies, drawn from the open call and international partner recommendations, pitching AI, virtual production and digital-asset technologies to investors and buyers. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 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

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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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The spot seats 180 people, but feels far more intimate—perhaps because of the attentive staff, or the relaxed vibe.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Bleacher seats lower-level east side and southeast side seats for students and the band also are ready for occupancy.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 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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The project stands apart through the extraordinary subject itself, Tollu-Polonowski adds.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
With the addition of new west side stands that sit one step below the sun, Beaver Stadium now holds 109,000 compared to just 67,000 at the Eagles’ Lincoln Financial Field.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

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