THRONE Synonyms: 137 Similar and Opposite Words

throne 1 of 2

noun

Definition of throne

as in seat

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verb

as in to crown

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Noun

Realtors have also done a sensational job of defending their throne. — John Lanchester, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 Also present were the heir to the British throne, Prince William, and Japan's Crown Prince Akishino, as well as political leaders from more than 20 countries. — CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Verb

What's new, however, is the impact social media has had on throning. — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025 Kate Daly, relationship expert and cofounder of online divorce service amicable, shared the pros and cons of throning. — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for throne

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Noun

The goal of keeping Democratic Senate seats and flipping four GOP seats once felt like a long shot.

— Ben Binday, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
Clad in a signature pink jumpsuit and armed with a matching bullhorn, Nixon loudly disrupted a hearing to pass a new map expected to help the GOP expand its dominance in the state by unravelling Florida’s historically Black congressional seats.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of seat

Verb

Its new Detroit-style pizza, a customizable slab for one, has been crowned the Domino, the first pie in the chain’s 65-year history to assume the company name.

— Tim Carman, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2026
Previously, Star-Telegram readers voted for their favorite queso, crowning The Original Mexican Eats Cafe as the best in town.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of crown

Noun

Showing here also presents McGirr with a much more authentic pedestal from which to project his new synthesis of all that acquired McQueen aesthetic lore with his own design identity—because both were forged in London.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
From a cement pedestal, the eight-foot limb of a schefflera bonsai reaches across the table.

— Genevieve Walker, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of pedestal

Noun

That notion reached its pinnacle after the Chiefs beat the Bills 32-29 in the AFC Championship Game but was punctured by their 40-22 clobbering at the hands of the Eagles in Super Bowl LIX.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
These pioneers fully expected that machines would one day surpass humans—that AGI would become ASI, or artificial superintelligence—because there’s no reason to expect that humans are the pinnacle of intelligence.

— George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

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