sit

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SIT

to rest on the buttocks or haunches <everybody needs to sit down, or no one will be able to see the movie>

Synonyms set [chiefly dialect]

Related Words perch; lounge, slouch, sprawl, squat, straddle

Near Antonyms arise, get up, rise, stand

to cause to sit down <the host had to sit some of the guests on the porch>

Synonyms set down, sit

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

to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop <we didn't want to disturb the hens, as they were sitting>

Synonyms brood, hatch, incubate, sit

Related Words lay, spawn

to occupy a place or location <the large monument that sits at the entrance to the battlefield>

Synonyms be, bear, lie, sit

Related Words command, overlook; hang around, remain, rest, stay, stick around, tarry; await, wait; post, station; dwell, reside

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