Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus (EN-EN)
chair
n.
1. [A single seat]
Syn. seat, stool, bench, armchair, place, room, space, throne, cathedra; see also B E N C H 1 , C O U C H , F U R N I T U R E , S E A T 1 .
Types of chairs include: stool, taboret, throne, faldstool, footstool, rocker, recliner, ottoman, wing chair, armchair, easy chair, wheel chair, highchair, roundabout; curule, bath, occasional, dining-room, desk, office, kitchen, lounge, beach, deck, lawn, period, portable, sedan, reclining, rocking, captain's, swivel, folding, bentwood, cane-seated, split-bottom; Duncan Phyfe, Hepplewhite, Breuer, Cromwell, Windsor, Morris, Queen Anne, X-legged Barcelona, Eames, S-squared Tugend hat, S-curved Brno.
2. [A position of authority]
Syn. seat, chairmanship, directorship, headship, throne, bench, position, endowed chair, professorship, tutorage, instructorship, readership, professorate, fellowship, tutorship; see also A U T H O R I T Y 3 .
3. [A person who presides]
Syn. chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, president, director, head, presiding officer, presider, administrator, toastmaster, speaker, moderator, prolocutor, monitor, leader, principal, captain, master of ceremonies, MC, emcee*; see also A D M I N I S T R A T O R .
4. [A death sentence; usually used with the]
Syn. execution, electric chair, electrocution, death chair, hot seat*, hot squat*, a burning*, Sing Sing siesta*; see also E X E C U T I O N 2 .
take the chair,
Syn. chair, preside, act as chair, moderate; see M A N A G E 1 .
