The paint on the seat on which you are sitting is still wet.
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Sitting
//ˈsɪtɪŋ//
Synonyms for "sitting" (109 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (54)
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7 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
10 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
1 entrieshas subevent
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- мътене noun (incubation of eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird)
- позиране noun (a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose)
- разполагане noun (a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose)
- сесия noun (a legislative session)
Catalan
1 entries- seguda noun (a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- دانیشتن noun (a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose)
Esperanto
2 entries- seanco noun (session with a medium or fortuneteller)
- seanco noun (a legislative session)
German
4 entries- Brüten noun (incubation of eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird)
- Gelege noun (incubation of eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird)
- Sitzung noun (a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose)
- Sitzung noun (a legislative session)
Japanese
1 entries- 座 noun (a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose)
Malay
1 entries- persidangan noun (a legislative session)
Māori
2 entries- nohoanga noun (a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose)
- tūnga noun (a legislative session)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- kurkbûn noun (incubation of eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird)
- rûniştin noun (a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- جلسه noun (a legislative session)
- مجلس noun (a legislative session)
Russian
1 entries- присест noun (a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- suidhe noun (a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose)
- suidhe noun (a legislative session)
- suidhe m gur noun (incubation of eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird)
Spanish
1 entries- sentada noun (a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose)
Swedish
3 entries- ruvning noun (incubation of eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird)
- session noun (a legislative session)
- sittning noun (a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The neighbors took turns sitting up with him.
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Sitting on the rock, she sang a sweet song as she combed her hair.
Source: tatoeba (20786)
It's painful to keep sitting for hours.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.