Definition for Chair:

• Separate seat for one, of various forms( ARM1 or elbow, BATH1, CURULE, DECK1, EASY1; take a c., sit down); seat of authority; professorship; mayoralty( past or above the C., below the C., of alderman who has, has not, been mayor); seat, office, of person presiding at meeting, public dinner, &c. ( take, leave, the c., begin, end, the proceedings); chairman( address, appeal to, the c.; \'chair! chair!\' protest against disorder); ( Railway) iron or steel socket holding rail in place; ( Hist.) =SEDAN; c. -bed, that can be unfolded into c. ( Vb) install in c. of authority; place in c. and carry aloft( winner of contest, election, &c.). [ old French]

Synonyms for Chair:

• n.

  •
  • academic.
  •
  • look after,
  • command,
  • authority,
  • supervise,
  • headship,
  • govern.
  •
  • principal,
  • leader,
  • captain,
  • speaker,
  • monitor,
  • master of ceremonies.
  •
  • crucifixion,
  • capital punishment,
  • execution.
  •authority (noun)
  • chairman.
  •chair (noun)
  • sofa,
  • deck chair,
  • stool,
  • saddle,
  • hot seat,
  • ottoman,
  • hassock,
  • lawn chair,
  • professorship,
  • bar stool,
  • president,
  • chairwoman,
  • swing,
  • campstool,
  • swivel chair,
  • dining chair,
  • bucket seat,
  • sedan chair,
  • lounge chair,
  • death chair,
  • armchair,
  • sedan,
  • rocker,
  • rumble seat,
  • straight chair.
  •chairman (noun)
  • toastmaster.
  •couch (noun)
  • divan.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • readership,
  • High Chair,
  • upholstery,
  • inaugurate,
  • don,
  • educator,
  • davenport,
  • settee,
  • lecturer,
  • seating,
  • professor,
  • lectureship,
  • chesterfield,
  • convener,
  • fellowship,
  • reader,
  • unveil,
  • educationalist,
  • chaise,
  • commode.
  •
  • litter,
  • contingent,
  • prof,
  • moderator.
  •
  • mover,
  • delegate,
  • secretary.
  •
  • deliver.
  •
  • meeting.
  •
  • address,
  • give.
  •
  • settle.
  •
  • back.
  •moderate
  • take the chair.
  •Other relevant words:
  • public square,
  • check,
  • stand over,
  • governor,
  • chairmanship,
  • discipline,
  • hanging,
  • Brancard,
  • sling,
  • go to bed,
  • musnud,
  • palankeen,
  • adhere,
  • handle,
  • shooting,
  • regulate,
  • helm,
  • ladder-back chair,
  • tram,
  • honcho,
  • platform rocker,
  • pass,
  • contain,
  • soften,
  • go-cart,
  • lapidation,
  • tutorship,
  • gassing,
  • shop,
  • electrocution,
  • Conestoga Wagon,
  • tricycle,
  • dais,
  • comprise,
  • platform,
  • depart,
  • tumbrel,
  • install,
  • arbitrator,
  • folding chair,
  • seat of power,
  • Decollation,
  • judge,
  • chairs,
  • recline,
  • bowel movement,
  • Pannel,
  • halter,
  • Brett,
  • horse,
  • perambulator,
  • burning,
  • taboret,
  • coordinate,
  • bike,
  • gavel,
  • camp chair,
  • Tutorage,
  • quadricycle,
  • shay,
  • master,
  • expand,
  • hurdle,
  • detain,
  • barber chair,
  • Pack saddle,
  • constellation,
  • put in,
  • forsake,
  • tutor,
  • overlook,
  • big cheese,
  • garden chair,
  • instructorship,
  • precede,
  • pillion,
  • enlarge,
  • Elbowchair,
  • administer,
  • noose,
  • invest,
  • coordinator,
  • teachership,
  • hobbyhorse,
  • Rockaway,
  • ceo,
  • officer,
  • anoint,
  • wheel,
  • hemp,
  • garrote,
  • firing squad,
  • death chamber,
  • vizier,
  • big dipper,
  • prime minister,
  • pommel,
  • gallows,
  • manage,
  • civil authority,
  • conduce,
  • Faldstool,
  • bench seat,
  • tone down,
  • jigger,
  • strangling,
  • tutelage,
  • fauteuil,
  • md,
  • limber,
  • chief executive,
  • club chair,
  • guillotine,
  • team,
  • Professoriate,
  • prexy,
  • mitigate,
  • horn,
  • Hackery,
  • maiden,
  • strangulation,
  • curule chair,
  • GUV,
  • adjudicate,
  • anchorman,
  • umpire,
  • head man,
  • enthrone,
  • bicycle,
  • Eparch,
  • superior,
  • tonga,
  • gibbet,
  • gas chamber,
  • top,
  • Grand vizier,
  • beheading,
  • pull the wires,
  • hold,
  • headman,
  • hold in,
  • mediate,
  • accept,
  • sill,
  • back seat,
  • headmaster,
  • be in charge,
  • run,
  • preceptorship,
  • rope,
  • lie down,
  • overstuffed chair,
  • extend,
  • bicycle seat,
  • side chair,
  • headmistress,
  • Dearborn,
  • palanquin,
  • velocipede,
  • man,
  • control,
  • Mecate,
  • take,
  • contribute,
  • ambulance,
  • induct,
  • see to,
  • board member,
  • stake,
  • directorship,
  • head office,
  • senatorship,
  • Morris chair,
  • Matronize,
  • vice president,
  • premier,
  • crate,
  • pontoon,
  • decapitation,
  • poisoning,
  • oversee,
  • hold office,
  • admit,
  • result,
  • jinrikisha,
  • squab,
  • rig,
  • arbiter,
  • chasten,
  • gallows-tree,
  • have charge of,
  • come,
  • crown,
  • council member,
  • sloven,
  • defenestration,
  • truck,
  • ricksha,
  • highchair,
  • leave,
  • curb,
  • endure,
  • pulpit,
  • get,
  • premiership,
  • mediator,
  • portfolio,
  • anchorwoman,
  • employer,
  • tree,
  • banquette,
  • elbow chair,
  • bowstring,
  • milking stool,
  • hack,
  • drop,
  • hemlock,
  • stoning,
  • superintend,
  • block,
  • professorate,
  • two-wheeler,
  • cycle,
  • ax,
  • go to sleep,
  • cricket,
  • Aparejo,
  • chief,
  • lethal injection,
  • go,
  • zodiac,
  • direct,
  • rule,
  • fusillade,
  • administrate,
  • Instate,
  • arbitrate,
  • position of control,
  • boss,
  • prairie schooner,
  • necktie party,
  • carriole,
  • cross,
  • receive,
  • Woolsack,
  • result in,
  • chief executive officer,
  • tame,
  • foldstool,
  • stretcher,
  • barrow,
  • form,
  • Cariole,
  • scaffold.

Paraphrases for Chair:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Chaired.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Chaired.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Chaired.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    Chairmen, co-chair.
  • Noun, plural
    chairpersons, Chairmen.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    armchair, Chairmen, vice-chair.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    DER, Presiding.
  • Proper noun, singular
    participants, Has, announcements, senators, hazards, experts, Records, documents, Roles, Duties, features, PCS, chaire, Presiding.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    coordinates, paragraphs, paras, Presiding.
  • Verb, past tense
    headed, Officiated, directed, moderated, sponsored, Consisted, hosted, spoke, Was, conducted.
  • Verb, past participle
    appointed, elected, agreed, amended, led, invited, loaded, spent.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    AM.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    oversees, determines, governs, conducts.

• Other Related

  • Adjective, comparative
    president.
  • Adjective
    chairwoman, Chairing.
  • Proper noun, plural
    chairpersons, presidents.
  • Proper noun, singular
    chairpersons, chairwoman, Presidencies, Chairing, presidents, president, chairpersonship, chairholder, chairmanship, vice-chair, vice-chairman, chairman-in-office.
  • Noun, plural
    chairmanships, presidents.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    chairwoman, Chairing, president, chairpersonship, stool, pulpit, chairholder, chairmanship, co-chair, vice-chairman.
  • Verb, past tense
    Presided, chairmanship.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    presides, leads.
  • Verb, base form
    Chairmen, officiate.

Antonyms for Chair:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    ranks.

Hypernym for Chair:

• n.

  • artifact
    straight chair, rocker, ladder-back chair, lawn chair, side chair, feeding chair, daybed, folding chair, garden chair, swivel chair, highchair, armchair, chair of state, wheelchair, chaise, rocking chair, Eames Chair, fighting chair, chaise longue, barber chair, tablet-armed chair, ladder-back.

Hyponym for Chair:

• n.

  • artifact
    seat.

• v.

  • social
    head, lead.

Meronym for Chair:

• n.

  • artifact
    backrest, back, leg.