chair: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 10 letter points · starts with C · ends with R
Meaning of chair
noun
An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.
Example: All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.
- usually, with-definite-article
The post or position of chairperson.
Example: The meeting began, with Mr Roberts in the chair.
The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
Example: My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.
A cast-iron component used on railways to support bullhead rails and secure them to the sleepers.
Listed forms: chairs, chur.
Source: Wiktionary — chair.
verb
- transitive
To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
Example: Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.
- transitive
To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
- UK, Wales, transitive
To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
Example: The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod.
Listed forms: chairs, chairing, chaired, chur.
Source: Wiktionary — chair.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for chair.
noun
the position of professor
noun
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
noun
an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
- electric chair
- death chair
- hot seat
verb
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is chair in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of chair
C(3) + H(4) + A(1) + I(1) + R(1) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of chair
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from chair
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