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Synonyms for dais

Most common

platform podium pulpit rostrum

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from.

Related words

Other spellings
deas

Forms

Plural
daises → rostrums, podiums, platforms, pulpits…

Example sentences

  • platform The train left just as we arrived at the platform.
  • podium I knew I could get a podium, and that's all I wanted.
  • pulpit From the pulpit, he preached about love and forgiveness.
  • rostrum They have a snout, or rostrum, that looks like a hedge-trimmer or a chainsaw.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
daisrising
platformrising
podiumrising
pulpitsteady
rostrumfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
ambo
5 letters
stump1
6 letters
podium3, pulpit2
7 letters
rostrum2
8 letters
platform2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (podium3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
estrade
Italiano
palco
Español
estrado
Deutsch
Podium