Synonyms and Antonyms for boatswains-chair
1. boatswains chair (n.)
a seat consisting of a board and a rope; used while working aloft or over the side of a ship
2. chair (n.)
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
3. chair (n.)
the position of professor
5. chair (v.)
preside over
6. chair (n.)
an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
7. chair (n.)
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
8. chair (v.)
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
