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Antonyms for sitter
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : sit-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪt ər |
Definition of sitter
Origin :- c.1300, "one that sits," agent noun from sit (v.). As short for baby-sitter from 1937.
- As in janitor : noun person who cleans and maintains
- As in model : noun person, thing that poses
- As in nurse : noun person who tends to sick, cares for someone
- As in superintendent : noun person who oversees organization
- As in caretaker : noun person who maintains something
- As in custodian : noun caretaker, maintenance person
- As in guardian : noun keeper, protector
- But they are not allowed to dispose of the portraits of others, without the sitter's permission.
- Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
- For an illustration let us turn to the artist and his sitter.
- Extract from : « The Romance of the Soul » by Lilian Staveley
- Long and dreary may be the days of the sitter, but the hour of his reward will come at last.
- Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
- Not only have I had a sitter for this picture, but he is alive and hearty at the hour I am writing.
- Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
- But the first syllable of the sitter's name has been its only constant.
- Extract from : « Holbein » by Beatrice Fortescue
- Endeavour to look at the subject or sitter from which you are painting, as if it was a picture.
- Extract from : « Six Centuries of Painting » by Randall Davies
- I don't suppose I've missed a sitter like that since I was a child in the nursery.
- Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
- Seven photographers disputed the possession of so precious a sitter.
- Extract from : « The Man With The Broken Ear » by Edmond About
- He shows the very soul of his sitter, without malice but also without mercy.
- Extract from : « American Men of Mind » by Burton E. Stevenson
- I have no idea who the artist was but he had seen his sitter in no common way.
- Extract from : « Gossamer » by George A. Birmingham
Synonyms for sitter
- administrator
- angel
- assistant
- attendant
- baby sitter
- baby-sitter
- bird dog
- bodyguard
- boss
- caretaker
- cerberus
- champion
- chaperon
- chaperone
- chief
- claviger
- cleaner
- cleaning person
- concierge
- conductor
- conservator
- controller
- cop
- curator
- custodian
- defender
- director
- doorkeeper
- doorperson
- dummy
- escort
- foreperson
- foster parent
- gatekeeper
- governor
- guard
- guardian
- head
- head person
- house sitter
- house-sitter
- housesitter
- inspector
- janitor
- keeper
- maintenance person
- manager
- manikin
- mannequin
- medic
- minder
- nude
- nurse
- nurse practitioner
- overseer
- paladin
- patrol
- porter
- practical nurse
- preserver
- protector
- registered nurse
- RN
- safeguard
- sentinel
- shepherd
- sitter
- slave driver
- sponsor
- steward
- straw boss
- subject
- super
- superintendent
- supervisor
- swamper
- sweeper
- therapist
- trustee
- vigilante
- warden
- watchdog
- watchperson
- wet nurse
- zookeeper
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