THRONES Synonyms: 134 Similar and Opposite Words

thrones 1 of 2

noun

plural of throne

as in seats

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verb

present tense third-person singular of throne

as in crowns

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Noun

Republicans can lose no more than three seats this cycle and are defending more than half a dozen in battleground states.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
Much to the relief of frequent festgoers, the Cinematheque updated its ticketing system this year, making the scramble for seats a little more efficient, though tickets are still challenging to come by.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of seats

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

Noun

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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Skirts, tops and what looked like earrings made of layers of circle-cut chiffon, and light as air sheer jacketing suggested Anderson was looking to define his version of romance, a mood the French house has long-conjured during its history.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Jersey tops start at about 400 euros; dresses range from 650 to 1,000 euros; jackets from 1,200 to 1,400 euros, and the most elaborate dresses top 2,000 euros.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of tops

Noun

On a hot Saturday, Pawlikowski and I revisited those heights—the slopes from which, for almost four years, starting in the spring of 1992, Serbian artillery pounded Sarajevo, which lies vulnerably cupped in the valley below.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
But unlike the post-pandemic party shoe craze, many brands also kept versatility and comfort at the forefront, showing a range of heel heights and flats.

— Katie Abel, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of heights

Noun

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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