Synonyms and Antonyms of situation

synonym (synonym of situation)

  • (noun.state)
    state of affairs
    the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    position
    a condition or position in which you find yourself (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.location)
    site
    physical position in relation to the surroundings (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.act)
    berth, billet, office, place, position, post, spot
    a job in an organization (noun.act)
     

hypernym (situation IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a complex or critical or unusual difficulty (noun.state)
    difficulty
    a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome (noun.state)
     
  • a condition or position in which you find yourself (noun.state)
    condition, status
    a state at a particular time (noun.state)
     
  • a job in an organization (noun.act)
    business, job, line, line of work, occupation
    the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money (noun.act)
     
  • physical position in relation to the surroundings (noun.location)
    place, position
    the particular portion of space occupied by something (noun.location)
     
  • the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time (noun.state)
    state
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes (noun.tops)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF situation relation)

  • a complex or critical or unusual difficulty (noun.state)
    conflict of interest
    a situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interests (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    crisis
    an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    crunch
    a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources) (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    hornet's nest, hornets' nest
    a highly contentious or hazardous situation (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    hot potato
    a difficult situation (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    how-d'ye-do, how-do-you-do
    an awkward situation (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    embroilment, imbroglio
    an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    mexican standoff
    a situation in which no one can emerge as a clear winner (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    incubus, nightmare
    a situation resembling a terrifying dream (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    no-win situation
    a situation in which a favorable outcome is impossible; you are bound to lose whatever you do (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    pass, strait, straits
    a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    purgatory
    a temporary condition of torment or suffering (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    swamp
    a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    ticking bomb, time bomb
    a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    tinderbox
    a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    urgency
    an urgent situation calling for prompt action (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    dead end, deadlock, impasse, stalemate, standstill
    a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    quicksand
    a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy (noun.state)
     
  • a condition or position in which you find yourself (noun.state)
    place, shoes
    a particular situation (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    poverty trap
    a situation in which an increase in income results in a loss of benefits so that you are no better off (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    soup
    an unfortunate situation (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    stymie, stymy
    a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole (noun.state)
     
  • a job in an organization (noun.act)
    academicianship
    the position of member of an honorary academy (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    accountantship
    the position of accountant (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    admiralty
    the office of admiral (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    ambassadorship
    the post of ambassador (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    apostleship
    the position of apostle (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    apprenticeship
    the position of apprentice (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    associateship
    the position of associate (as in an office or academy) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    attorneyship
    the position of attorney (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    bailiffship
    the office of bailiff (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    baronetage
    the state of a baronet (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    bishopry, episcopate
    the office and dignity of a bishop (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    cadetship
    the position of cadet (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    caliphate
    the office of a caliph (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    captaincy, captainship
    the post of captain (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    cardinalship
    the office of cardinal (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    chairmanship
    the position of chairman (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    chancellorship
    the office of chancellor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    chaplaincy, chaplainship
    the position of chaplain (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    chieftaincy, chieftainship
    the position of chieftain (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    clerkship
    the job of clerk (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    commandership, commandery
    the position or office of commander (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    comptrollership
    the position of comptroller (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    consulship
    the post of consul (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    controllership
    the position of controller (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    councillorship, councilorship
    the position of council member (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    counsellorship, counselorship
    the position of counselor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    curacy
    the position of a curate (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    curatorship
    the position of curator (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    custodianship
    the position of custodian (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    deanery, deanship
    the position or office of a dean (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    directorship
    the position of a director of a business concern (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    discipleship
    the position of disciple (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    editorship
    the position of editor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    eldership
    the office of elder (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    emirate
    the office of an emir (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    fatherhood
    the status of a father (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    foremanship
    the position of foreman (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    generalcy, generalship
    the office and authority of a general (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    governorship
    the office of governor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    headship
    the position of head (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    hot seat
    a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    incumbency
    the office of an incumbent (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    inspectorship
    the office of inspector (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    instructorship
    the position of instructor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    internship
    the position of a medical intern (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    judgeship, judicature
    the position of judge (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    khanate
    the position of a khan (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    lectureship
    the post of lecturer (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    legateship, legation
    the post or office of legate (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    legislatorship
    the office of legislator (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    librarianship
    the position of librarian (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    lieutenancy
    the position of a lieutenant (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    magistracy, magistrature
    the position of magistrate (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    managership
    the position of manager (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    manhood
    the status of being a man (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    marshalship
    the post of marshall (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    mastership
    the position of master (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    mayoralty
    the position of mayor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    messiahship
    the position of messiah (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    moderatorship
    the position of moderator (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    overlordship
    the position of overlord (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    pastorate, pastorship
    the position of pastor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    peasanthood
    the state of being a peasant (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    plum
    a highly desirable position or assignment (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    praetorship
    the office of praetor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    precentorship
    the position of precentor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    preceptorship
    the position of preceptor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    prefecture
    the office of prefect (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    prelacy, prelature
    the office or station of a prelate (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    premiership
    the office of premier (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    presidency, presidentship
    the office and function of president (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    primateship
    the office of primate (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    principalship
    the post of principal (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    priorship
    the office of prior (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    proconsulate, proconsulship
    the position of proconsul (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    proctorship
    the position of proctor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    chair, professorship
    the position of professor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    protectorship
    the position of protector (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    public office
    a position concerning the people as a whole (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    rabbinate
    the office or function of a rabbi (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    receivership
    the office of a receiver (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    rectorate, rectorship
    the office or station of a rector (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    regency
    the office of a regent (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    residency
    the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    rulership
    the position of ruler (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    sainthood
    the status and dignity of a saint (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    secretaryship
    the position of secretary (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    feudal lordship, seigneury, seigniory
    the position and authority of a feudal lord (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    senatorship
    the office of senator (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    sinecure
    an office that involves minimal duties (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    solicitorship
    the position of solicitor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    speakership
    the position of Speaker (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    stewardship
    the position of steward (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    studentship
    the position of student (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    teachership
    the position of teacher (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    thaneship
    the position of thane (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    throne
    the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    treasurership
    the position of treasurer (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    tribuneship
    the position of tribune (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    trusteeship
    the position of trustee (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    vice-presidency
    the office and function of a vice president (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    viceroyship
    the position of viceroy (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    viziership
    the position of vizier (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    wardenship
    the position of warden (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    wardership
    the position of warder (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    womanhood
    the status of a woman (noun.act)
     
  • physical position in relation to the surroundings (noun.location)
    active site
    the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.location)
    close quarters
    a situation of being uncomfortably close to someone or something (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.location)
    locus
    the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.location)
    locus of infection
    the specific site in the body where an infection originates (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.location)
    restriction site
    the specific sites at which a restriction enzyme will cleave DNA (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    antigenic determinant, determinant, epitope
    the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself (noun.substance)
     
  • the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time (noun.state)
    absurd, the absurd
    a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    acceptance
    the state of being acceptable and accepted (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    ballgame, new ballgame
    a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    challenge
    a demanding or stimulating situation (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    childlessness
    the condition of being without offspring (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    complication
    a situation or condition that is complex or confused (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    crowding
    a situation in which people or things are crowded together (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    disequilibrium
    loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    element
    the situation in which you are happiest and most effective (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    environment
    the totality of surrounding conditions (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    equilibrium
    a stable situation in which forces cancel one another (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    exclusion
    the state of being excluded (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    fish bowl, fishbowl, goldfish bowl
    a state of affairs in which you have no privacy (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    hotbed
    a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad) (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    inclusion
    the state of being included (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    intestacy
    the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    picture, scene
    a situation treated as an observable object (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    prison, prison house
    a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    rejection
    the state of being rejected (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    size, size of it
    the actual state of affairs (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    square one
    the situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    status quo
    the existing state of affairs (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    thing
    a special situation (noun.state)
     

derivation (.... is derived from situation)

  • a job in an organization (noun.act)
    place, post, send, station
    assign to a station (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.competition)
    function, officiate
    perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    locate, place, site
    assign a location to (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.social)
    post
    assign to a post; put into a post (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    place
    assign to (a job or a home) (verb.social)
     
  • physical position in relation to the surroundings (noun.location)
    locate, situate
    determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey (verb.stative)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym derivation state of affairs position site berth billet office business job place position condition status academicianship accountantship admiralty ambassadorship apostleship place post function officiate locate site
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. state of affairs . position . site . berth, billet, office, place, position, post, spot . difficulty . condition, status . business, job, line, line of work, occupation . place, position . state . conflict of interest . crisis . crunch . hornet's nest, hornets' nest . hot potato . how-d'ye-do, how-do-you-do . embroilment, imbroglio . mexican standoff . incubus, nightmare . no-win situation . pass, strait, straits . purgatory . swamp . ticking bomb, time bomb . tinderbox . urgency . dead end, deadlock, impasse, stalemate, standstill . quicksand . place, shoes . poverty trap . soup . stymie, stymy . academicianship . accountantship . admiralty . ambassadorship . apostleship . apprenticeship . associateship . attorneyship . bailiffship . baronetage . bishopry, episcopate . cadetship . caliphate . captaincy, captainship . cardinalship . chairmanship . chancellorship . chaplaincy, chaplainship . chieftaincy, chieftainship . clerkship . commandership, commandery . comptrollership . consulship . controllership . councillorship, councilorship . counsellorship, counselorship . curacy . curatorship . custodianship . deanery, deanship . directorship . discipleship . editorship . eldership . emirate . fatherhood . foremanship . generalcy, generalship . governorship . headship . hot seat . incumbency . inspectorship . instructorship . internship . judgeship, judicature . khanate . lectureship . legateship, legation . legislatorship . librarianship . lieutenancy . magistracy, magistrature . managership . manhood . marshalship . mastership . mayoralty . messiahship . moderatorship . overlordship . pastorate, pastorship . peasanthood . plum . praetorship . precentorship . preceptorship . prefecture . prelacy, prelature . premiership . presidency, presidentship . primateship . principalship . priorship . proconsulate, proconsulship . proctorship . chair, professorship . protectorship . public office . rabbinate . receivership . rectorate, rectorship . regency . residency . rulership . sainthood . secretaryship . feudal lordship, seigneury, seigniory . senatorship . sinecure . solicitorship . speakership . stewardship . studentship . teachership . thaneship . throne . treasurership . tribuneship . trusteeship . vice-presidency . viceroyship . viziership . wardenship . wardership . womanhood . active site . close quarters . locus . locus of infection . restriction site . antigenic determinant, determinant, epitope . absurd, the absurd . acceptance . ballgame, new ballgame . challenge . childlessness . complication . crowding . disequilibrium . element . environment . equilibrium . exclusion . fish bowl, fishbowl, goldfish bowl . hotbed . inclusion . intestacy . picture, scene . prison, prison house . rejection . size, size of it . square one . status quo . thing . place, post, send, station . function, officiate . locate, place, site . post . place . locate, situate


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