A lot of thesaurus - A little bit dictionary


Overview of noun position

1. position, place -- (the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place")

2. military position, position -- (a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons)

3. position, view, perspective -- (a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view")

4. position, posture, attitude -- (the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender")

5. status, position -- (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life")

6. position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation -- (a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury")


8. position -- (the appropriate or customary location; "the cars were in position")

9. position -- ((in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?")

10. placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement -- (the act of putting something in a certain place)

11. situation, position -- (a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation")

12. position, stance, posture -- (a rationalized mental attitude)

13. side, position -- (an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question")

14. place, position -- (an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position")

15. stead, position, place, lieu -- (the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of")

16. position -- (the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom)

Overview of verb position

1. position -- (cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation)

