dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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Sounds | pahzih'shahn |
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Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2504 more rhymes in ahn at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The particular portion of space occupied by a physical object. |
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Synonyms | place |
Attributes | right; left |
Narrower | half-mast; lead; pole position; polls; pride of place; anomaly; site, situation; setting; juxtaposition; lie; post, station; pitch; landmark; right; left; back, rear; front; stand; station; vantage |
Broader | point |
Adjectives | positional |
Verbs | position |
Meaning | A point occupied by troops for tactical reasons. |
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Synonyms | military position |
Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
Narrower | ground; line |
Broader | point |
Meaning | A way of regarding situations or topics etc. |
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Synonyms | view, perspective |
Narrower | bird's eye view, panoramic view; futurism; vanguard, forefront, cutting edge; paradigm; light; sight; Weltanschauung, world view; straddle |
Broader | orientation |
Meaning | Position or arrangement of the body and its limbs. |
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Synonyms | posture, attitude |
Attributes | erect, vertical, upright; unerect |
Narrower | order arms; ballet position; decubitus; eversion; lithotomy position; lotus position; missionary position; pose; presentation; ectopia; asana; guard; sprawl, sprawling; stance; tuck |
Broader | bodily property |
Meaning | The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society. |
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Examples | "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" |
Synonyms | status |
Attributes | lower-class, low-class; middle-class; upper-class; dominant; subordinate, low-level |
Narrower | face; election; equality, equivalence, equation, par; social station, social status, social rank, rank; standing; high status; high ground; high profile; holy order, order; low status; legal status; bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister; command; nationality; footing, terms; retirement; rank; caste; dignity; nobility, noblesse; ordination; pedestal; leadership; slot; toehold |
Broader | state |
Meaning | A job in an organization. |
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Synonyms | post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation |
Narrower | academicianship; accountantship; admiralty; ambassadorship; apostleship; apprenticeship; attorneyship; bailiffship; bishopry; cadetship; caliphate; captainship, captaincy; cardinalship; chairmanship; chancellorship; chaplaincy, chaplainship; chieftaincy, chieftainship; clerkship; commandership, commandery; comptrollership; consulship; controllership; councillorship, councilorship; counselorship, counsellorship; curacy; curatorship; custodianship; deanship, deanery; directorship; discipleship; editorship; eldership; emirate; fatherhood; fatherhood; foremanship; generalship; governorship; headship; headship; hot seat; incumbency; inspectorship; instructorship; internship; judgship, judgeship, judicature; khanate; lectureship; legation, legateship; legislatorship; librarianship; lieutenancy; magistracy, magistrature; managership; manhood; marshalship; mastership; mayoralty; messiahship; moderatorship; overlordship; pastorship, pastorate; peasanthood; praetorship; precentorship; preceptorship; prefecture; prelacy, prelature; premiership; presidency, presidentship; primateship; principalship; priorship; proconsulship, proconsulate; proctorship; professorship, chair; protectorship; public office; receivership; regency; residency; rulership; sainthood; secretaryship; senatorship; sinecure; solicitorship; speakership; stewardship; studentship; teachership; thaneship; throne; treasurership; tribuneship; viceroyship; viziership; wardenship; wardership; womanhood |
Broader | occupation, business, job, line of work, line |
Meaning | The spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated. |
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Examples | "the position of the hands on the clock" |
Synonyms | spatial relation |
Attributes | anterior; posterior; external; internal; outer; inner; exterior; interior |
Narrower | occlusion; tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning; gradient, slope; placement, arrangement; point of view; coincidence; dead center, dead centre; centrality; marginality; anteriority; posteriority; outwardness, externality; inwardness; malposition, misplacement; northernness; southernness; horizontality; verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness; slot; room, way, elbow room; direction; angular position |
Broader | relation |
Verbs | position |
Meaning | The appropriate or customary location. |
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Examples | "the cars were in position" |
Broader | point |
Verbs | position |
Meaning | (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player. |
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Examples | "what position does he play?" |
Category | sport, athletics |
Narrower | goalkeeper, goalie, goaltender, netkeeper; pitcher, mound; catcher, plate; first base, first; second base, second; shortstop, short; third base, third; left field; center field; right field; forward; center; guard; back; lineman; mid-off; mid-on; center; cleanup, cleanup position, cleanup spot |
Broader | role |
Meaning | The act of putting something in a certain place or location. |
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Synonyms | placement, location, locating, positioning, emplacement |
Narrower | stratification; juxtaposition, apposition, collocation; interposition; orientation; planting; implantation; repositioning; set; superposition; fingering; superposition |
Broader | activity |
Adjectives | positionable |
Verbs | position; posit |
Meaning | A condition or position in which you find yourself. |
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Examples | "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils" |
Synonyms | situation |
Narrower | place, shoes; poverty trap; soup; stymie |
Broader | condition, status |
Meaning | An item on a list or in a sequence. |
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Examples | "moved from third to fifth position" |
Synonyms | place |
Narrower | postposition; preposition |
Broader | item, point |
Meaning | A rationalized mental attitude. |
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Synonyms | stance, posture |
Narrower | hard line; point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint |
Broader | attitude, mental attitude |
Meaning | An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute. |
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Synonyms | side |
Broader | opinion, view |
Meaning | The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another. |
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Synonyms | stead, place, lieu |
Narrower | behalf |
Broader | function, office, part, role |
Meaning | The act of positing. An assumption taken as a postulate or axiom. |
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Broader | assumption |
Verbs | posit |
Meaning | Cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
Narrower | deploy; aim, take, train, take aim, direct; square; dress, line up; orient |
Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay |
Nouns | positioning; position; position; position; positioner |
Meaning | Put into a certain place or abstract location. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
Model | They position the bags on the table |
Synonyms | put, set, place, pose, lay |
Narrower | insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce; docket; cock; postpose; prepose; step; replace, put back; stratify; plant; intersperse; nestle, snuggle; pile; arrange, set up; superimpose, superpose, lay over; superpose; park; ensconce, settle; emplace; emplace; ship; underlay; trench; pigeonhole; shelve; jar; repose; stick, put forward; sign; middle; parallelize; butt; recess; reposition; throw, thrust; tee, tee up; rack up; coffin; bed; appose; set down, put down, place down; sow, sough, seed; misplace; juxtapose; set down; bottle; bucket; barrel; ground; pillow, rest; misplace, mislay, lose; upend; seat, sit, sit down; lay, put down, repose; stand, stand up, place upright; recline; plant, set; install, instal, put in, set up; situate, fix, posit, deposit; ladle; poise; lean; clap; rest; perch; load; cram; set; siphon; position; glycerolize, glycerolise; space; marshal; settle, settle down; throw; imbricate |
Broader | move, displace |
Nouns | position; positioner |