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Synonyms for Position (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society):
status

WordNet sense 2 (a condition or position in which you find yourself):
situation

WordNet sense 3 (a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons):
military position

WordNet sense 4 (the particular portion of space occupied by something):
place

WordNet sense 5 (an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute):
side

WordNet sense 6 (a way of regarding situations or topics etc.):
perspective, view

WordNet sense 7 (a rationalized mental attitude):
posture, stance

WordNet sense 8 (the arrangement of the body and its limbs):
attitude

WordNet sense 9 (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated):
spatial relation

WordNet sense 10 (put into a certain place or abstract location):
lay, pose, put, set

WordNet sense 11 (the act of putting something in a certain place):
emplacement, location, placement, locating, positioning

WordNet sense 12 (the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another):
lieu, stead

WordNet sense 13 (a job in an organization):
berth, billet, office, post, spot


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