seat

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SEAT

to cause to sit down <the usher seated them in the third row>

Synonyms set down, sit

Related Words ensconce, settle; lay, lie, rest; place, put; recline, repose

to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies <one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate>

Synonyms baptize, inaugurate, induct, initiate, instate, invest, seat

Related Words swear in; consecrate, enshrine; accept, admit, receive, take in; enlist, enroll (also enrol)

Near Antonyms can, discharge, fire, terminate; muster out

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