Position

//pəˈzɪʃ.n̩//

Synonyms for "position" (413 found)

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Closest matches (83)

Strong matches (124)

Related words (206)

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More general

30 entries

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More specific

59 entries

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Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

9 entries

Related terms

6 entries

derived

63 entries

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etymologically related_to

5 entries

has context

5 entries

is a

12 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

47 entries

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troponym

1 entries

Translations

289 translations across 64 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • θέσις noun (opinion, stand or stance)
  • τάσσω verb (to put into place)
  • ἀντιτάσσω verb (to put into place)

Arabic

4 entries
  • جِلْسَة noun (posture)
  • رَأْي noun (opinion, stand or stance)
  • رُتْبَة noun (status or rank)
  • مكان noun (place, location)

Armenian

4 entries
  • դիրք noun (place, location)
  • դիրք noun (status or rank)
  • դիրքորոշում noun (opinion, stand or stance)
  • պաշտոն noun (post of employment)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • mövqe noun (place, location)
  • məqam noun (status or rank)
  • rütbə noun (status or rank)
  • vəzifə noun (status or rank)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • вазифа noun (place, location)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • пазі́цыя noun (place, location)
  • палажэ́нне noun (place, location)
  • паса́да noun (post of employment)
  • стано́вішча noun (place, location)

Bengali

1 entries
  • অবস্থান noun (place, location)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • длъ́жност noun (post of employment)
  • местоположе́ние noun (place, location)
  • метод на предположението noun (arithmetic: method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions)
  • място noun (place, location)

Catalan

1 entries
  • posició noun (place on a playing field)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • جێگا noun (place, location)
  • شوێن noun (place, location)
  • شێوە noun (posture)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 位置 noun (place, location)
  • 職位 /职位 noun (post of employment)
  • 職務 /职务 noun (post of employment)

Czech

4 entries
  • postavení noun (status or rank)
  • pozice noun (place, location)
  • stanovisko noun (opinion, stand or stance)
  • umístění noun (place, location)

Danish

2 entries
  • plads noun (place, location)
  • position noun (place, location)

Dutch

3 entries
  • positie noun (place, location)
  • positie noun (post of employment)
  • stellingname noun (opinion, stand or stance)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • loko noun (place, location)
  • posteno noun (post of employment)
  • pozicio noun (place, location)
  • pozo noun (posture)

Estonian

1 entries
  • asend noun (posture)

Faroese

1 entries
  • støða noun (place, location)

Finnish

4 entries
  • arvo noun (status or rank)
  • asema noun (place, location)
  • asema noun (post of employment)
  • asema noun (status or rank)

French

4 entries
  • position noun (place, location)
  • position noun (opinion, stand or stance)
  • poste noun (post of employment)
  • poste noun (place on a playing field)

Galician

1 entries
  • posición noun (place, location)

Georgian

3 entries
  • თანამდებობა noun (post of employment)
  • მდებარეობა noun (place, location)
  • პოზიცია noun (place, location)

German

4 entries
  • Arbeitsplatz noun (post of employment)
  • Position noun (place, location)
  • Position noun (status or rank)
  • Position noun (opinion, stand or stance)

Greek

4 entries
  • θέση noun (place, location)
  • θέση noun (status or rank)
  • θέση noun (opinion, stand or stance)
  • θέση noun (posture)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • מִקּוּם noun (place, location)
  • מִשְׂרָה noun (post of employment)
  • מַעֲמָד noun (status or rank)
  • עֶמְדָּה noun (opinion, stand or stance)

Hindi

4 entries
  • आसन noun (posture)
  • पद noun (post of employment)
  • पद noun (status or rank)
  • पदवी noun (post of employment)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • helyzet noun (place, location)

Irish

1 entries
  • suigh verb (to put into place)

Italian

4 entries
  • lavoro noun (post of employment)
  • posizione noun (place, location)
  • posizione noun (status or rank)
  • posizione noun (opinion, stand or stance)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 位置 noun (place, location)
  • 位置付ける verb (to put into place)
  • 配置する verb (to put into place)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • лауазым noun (post of employment)

Khmer

2 entries
  • តំណែង noun (post of employment)
  • ទីតាំង noun (place, location)

Korean

4 entries
  • 위치 noun (place, location)
  • 자세 noun (posture)
  • 지위 noun (post of employment)
  • 지위 noun (status or rank)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຕຳແໜ່ງ noun (place, location)
  • ຕຳແໜ່ງ noun (post of employment)

Latin

4 entries
  • gradus noun (status or rank)
  • positiō noun (place, location)
  • situs noun (place, location)
  • status noun (place, location)

Latvian

2 entries
  • pozīcija noun (place, location)
  • stāvoklis noun (place, location)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • должност noun (post of employment)
  • позиција noun (place, location)
  • положба noun (place, location)

Malay

2 entries
  • kedudukan noun (place, location)
  • kedudukan noun (status or rank)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • നിലപാട് noun (opinion, stand or stance)
  • പദവി noun (post of employment)
  • പദവി noun (status or rank)
  • സ്ഥാനം noun (place, location)

Māori

4 entries
  • kanoi noun (status or rank)
  • nohoanga noun (post of employment)
  • taunga noun (place, location)
  • tūnga noun (place, location)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • cîgeh noun (place, location)
  • şûn noun (place, location)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • plassere verb (to put into place)
  • posisjonere verb (to put into place)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • plassering noun (place, location)
  • posisjon noun (place, location)
  • posisjon noun (status or rank)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • جلسه noun (posture)
  • مكان noun (place, location)
  • وضعیت noun (posture)

Persian

4 entries
  • جای noun (place, location)
  • جایگاه noun (place, location)
  • جایگاه noun (post of employment)
  • جایگاه noun (status or rank)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Städ noun (place, location)

Polish

4 entries
  • miejsce noun (status or rank)
  • posada noun (post of employment)
  • pozycja noun (place, location)
  • pozycja noun (status or rank)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • cargo noun (post of employment)
  • posição noun (place, location)
  • posição noun (status or rank)
  • posição noun (opinion, stand or stance)

Romanian

4 entries
  • funcție noun (post of employment)
  • poziție noun (place, location)
  • poziție noun (post of employment)
  • poziție noun (status or rank)

Russian

4 entries
  • до́лжность noun (post of employment)
  • пози́ция noun (place, location)
  • пози́ция noun (opinion, stand or stance)
  • пози́ция noun (posture)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • seasamh noun (opinion, stand or stance)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • lokácija noun (place, location)
  • plàsmān noun (status or rank)
  • postura noun (posture)
  • pòzīcija noun (place, location)

Slovak

1 entries
  • pozícia noun (place, location)

Slovene

1 entries
  • položaj noun (place, location)

Spanish

2 entries
  • posición noun (place, location)
  • puesto noun (post of employment)

Swedish

4 entries
  • läge noun (place, location)
  • plats noun (place, location)
  • position noun (place, location)
  • position noun (status or rank)

Tajik

4 entries
  • мавқеъ noun (place, location)
  • макон noun (place, location)
  • ҷой noun (place, location)
  • ҷойгоҳ noun (place, location)

Thai

4 entries
  • จุดยืน noun (opinion, stand or stance)
  • ตำแหน่ง noun (place, location)
  • ตำแหน่ง noun (post of employment)
  • ตำแหน่ง noun (status or rank)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ኣቀማምጣ noun (place, location)

Turkish

4 entries
  • görüş noun (opinion, stand or stance)
  • tavır noun (opinion, stand or stance)
  • tutum noun (opinion, stand or stance)
  • yerleştirmek verb (to put into place)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • пози́ція noun (place, location)
  • пози́ція noun (opinion, stand or stance)
  • поло́ження noun (place, location)
  • поса́да noun (post of employment)

Urdu

1 entries
  • پد noun (post of employment)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • joy noun (place, location)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • vị trí noun (place, location)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • שטעלע noun (post of employment)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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I understand your position perfectly.

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What position do you hold?

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I wouldn't like to be in his position, for all his wealth.

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Take a mean position in everything.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.