Synonyms for sitting
ˈsɪt ɪŋsit·ting

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1. sitting, posingnoun

   (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

   "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting"

   Synonyms:
   posing, seance, session

   Antonyms:
   moving

2. sittingnoun

   the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position

   "he read the mystery at one sitting"

   Synonyms:
   posing, seance, session

   Antonyms:
   moving

3. seance, sitting, sessionnoun

   a meeting of spiritualists

   "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"

   Synonyms:
   school term, academic session, posing, academic term, seance, session

   Antonyms:
   moving

4. sittingadjective

   a session as of a legislature or court

   Synonyms:
   posing, seance, session

   Antonyms:
   moving

5. seated, sittingadjective

   (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks

   "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated"

   Synonyms:
   seated

   Antonyms:
   moving

6. sittingadjective

   not moving and therefore easy to attack

   "a sitting target"

   Synonyms:
   seated

   Antonyms:
   moving

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1. • Meeting
   • Motion
   • Photography

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1. sittingnoun

   Synonyms:
   session

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1. sittingnoun

   Associated words:
   sedentary, assession, astasia

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1. List of paraphrases for "sitting":

   meeting, part-session, session, seated, sit, assis, hearing, zasedání, sittings, house, partsession, assembly, sittin

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How to use sitting in a sentence?

1. President Obama on Friday:

   Yet what we still have is this crazy situation where a woman everybody agrees is qualified... has been now sitting there longer than the previous seven attorney general nominees combined.

2. Xavier Becerra:

   COVID-19 has made one thing undeniable : We must safeguard the Affordable Care Act — lives depend on it, as if on cue, the Trump Administration cavalierly continues its march to dismantle the ACA and strip Americans of their health care. We will do everything we can to defeat this unprecedented assault on a critical federal law by a sitting president.

3. Chief Justice John Roberts:

   I think about the cases scheduled for the next sitting, the Monday after Thanksgiving, not much beyond that.

4. Gary Bradshaw:

   Sitting around with $25 billion in your pocket getting zero percent on it just doesn't make any sense to me.

5. Jeb Bush:

   I'm a joyful warrior, there is a difference between just sitting back and watching someone try to hijack a party that I believe will allow people to rise up again.