Word Type

Noun

The word "footstool" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

desk family room living room loungeroom shoe shop workshop

Derived Terms

footstooled

Derived From

foot stool

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

stool

Type Of (IsA)

furniture piece of furniture seat stool

Related Terms

stepstool

Related Terms

feet seated stepstool stool

Used For

added height when reaching child to sit upon elevating feet practising yoga putting feet on reaching top shelf resting feet resting weary feet stand on standing on

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