Synonyms for chair
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Chairperson
2. Hot seat
electric chair, hot seat slang
Other
seat, professorship, stool UK, janpan dated
Definitions
- n. 1
An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.
I sat on my chair to have dinner.
- n. 2
The post or position of chairperson.
The meeting began, with Mr Roberts in the chair.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- chairs → chairpersons, presidents, seats, professorships…
Example sentences
- president Mr Johnson, president of the club, will soon come.
- chairperson The committee eagerly welcomed her as chairperson.
- seat Take a seat in the armchair and calm down a while.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| chair | rising | |
| president | steady | |
| chairperson | rising | |
| seat | rising | |
| professorship | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- seat1
- 5 letters
- stool1
- 6 letters
- janpan
- 9 letters
- president3
- 11 letters
- chairperson3
- 13 letters
- professorship4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (president3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- chaise