Synonyms for bench
bɛntʃbench

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1. benchnoun

   a long seat for more than one person

   Synonyms:
   judiciary, work bench, workbench, terrace

2. terrace, benchnoun

   a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)

   Synonyms:
   judiciary, workbench, work bench, patio, terrace

3. judiciary, benchnoun

   persons who administer justice

   Synonyms:
   terrace, work bench, judicature, judicial system, judicatory, workbench, judiciary

4. workbench, work bench, benchnoun

   a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic

   Synonyms:
   judiciary, workbench, work bench, terrace

5. Benchnoun

   the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively

   Synonyms:
   judiciary, work bench, workbench, terrace

6. benchnoun

   the reserve players on a team

   "our team has a strong bench"

   Synonyms:
   judiciary, work bench, workbench, terrace

7. benchverb

   (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom

   Synonyms:
   judiciary, work bench, workbench, terrace

8. benchverb

   take out of a game; of players

9. benchverb

   exhibit on a bench

   "bench the poodles at the dog show"

Matched Categories

1. • Administration
   • Assembly
   • Exhibit
   • Remove
   • Seat
   • Subgroup
   • Tableland
   • Worktable

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. benchnoun

   Synonyms:
   long seat

2. benchnoun

   Synonyms:
   court, tribunal, body of judges

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. benchnoun

   Synonyms:
   form, workbench

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "bench":

   dynamometer, banc, hearing, chassis, fixture, bank, pew, judiciary, oar, laboratory, rig, magistrature, bed

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1. Martin Passingham:

   In the main hut there is stuff everywhere, a coal shovel beside the stove, jars and containers of food on the shelf, wooden spoons left on the kitchen bench, all of these things really do tell the story more thoroughly.

2. Todd Spitzer:

   We don't want a judge that legislates from the bench, it's just unfathomable that the judge would try to describe what is a brutal sodomy.

3. Arnie Arnesen:

   Some of us get to open doors and others get to walk through them, bernie opened the door for progressive politics, but I think he has to recognize there are new voices and a new bench.

4. Jessica Wright:

   A guy in line was waiting for a Cronut and saw a body on the first bench. He bought it to the attention of a Dominique Ansel Bakery employee, she saw the dead guy and called 911. They came and pronounced him dead.

5. Josh Hawley:

   This is an individual who, across her career — from the time she was in law school, to her service on the United States Sentencing Commission, to her time on the federal bench — has consistently argued to give criminals lighter sentences to reduce the mandatory sentences that are imposed for criminal offenses to let criminals out of jail early.