Sitting Synonyms and Antonyms

sĭtĭng
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. séance
  2. session
  3. posing
  4. appointment
Assume a posture as for artistic purposes
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. posturing
  2. squatting
  3. hunkering
  4. posing
  5. modelling
  6. perching
Antonyms:
  1. rising
Show to a seat; assign a seat for
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. seating
Antonyms:
  1. standing
  2. rising
  3. lifting
Hold a meeting
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. convening
Antonyms:
  1. cancelling
Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. resting
  2. relaxing
  3. occupying
  4. riding
  5. weighing
  6. staying
  7. squatting
  8. settling
  9. setting
  10. reposing
  11. posing
  12. remaining
  13. pleasing
  14. perching
  15. meeting
  16. enduring
  17. deliberating
  18. convening
  19. brooding
  20. assembling
Antonyms:
  1. arising
  2. lying
  3. standing
(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. in situ
  2. seated
  3. lotus
  4. sedentary
  5. situated
Antonyms:
  1. standing
Work or act as a baby-sitter
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. baby-sitting

Words Related to Sitting

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. gathering
  2. bed-rooms
  3. sleeping-rooms

Sitting Sentence Examples

  • Sonya was sitting by the table.

  • There he finds his sister, sitting up in bed, looking frightened.

  • When she got to the room, Alex was sitting on the love seat reading a newspaper.

  • I can see her in my rear view mirror, just sitting there, plotting a way they can escape.

  • Frank led me down a long corridor to a large conference room filled with perhaps thirty intent individuals, standing and sitting, some taking notes, others with few buried faces in computer screens.

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