THRONES Synonyms: 134 Similar and Opposite Words

thrones 1 of 2

noun

plural of throne

as in seats

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thrones

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of throne

as in crowns

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Noun

There's a hole-in-the-wall vibe with neon lights, bar seats, arcade-y vintage decor, and lower counter seats towards the back.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026
It's got four seats (though the ones in the rear are only really suitable for kids under 5ft3), 481 liters of storage, and a bit more room for the charging cable and other gear under the rear seating.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2026

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Verb

While Sundance crowns its winners in January and the Academy names its nominees the following January, the 12 months between them can have worthy contenders disappear.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
His departure crowns several months of turnover at the highest levels of the military.

— Damir Marusic, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of crowns

Noun

That site is temporarily closed, and many of the items—pedestals and furniture, photographs and tools—are coming from Paris for this show, giving Brancusi’s cool, abstract sculptures a rich, human context.

— Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
A lot of them are tucked away in vitrines that serve as pedestals for dresses by some of the world’s most exclusive designers.

— Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

Definition of pedestals

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Fourteen years earlier, his debut feature, Ossessione, had effectively birthed Italian neorealism, and Visconti had followed it up with La Terra Trema (1948), one of the absolute pinnacles of the movement.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 July 2026
The Ed Sullivan Theater, which first opened in 1927, is a 13-story shadow box preserving bits from a rich history of pop culture pinnacles past.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of pinnacles

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This vortex comes with lower air pressure and atmospheric heights around its center, cooling down temperatures nearly evenly and producing extra cloud cover in its wake.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
The world of comic art is being elevated to new heights thanks to the medium’s prominence in the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of heights

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These speakers join previously announced eminences from Amazon, Calm, Contextual AI, CoreWeave, Databricks, DataSnipper, Exelon, Glean, Google, Intuit, Rivian, and Serve Robotics.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
It was started by Goodall, Desmond Tutu, and other eminences.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025

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