CATBIRD SEAT Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

catbird seat

noun

Definition of catbird seat

as in advantage

the more favorable condition or position in a competition your fluency in French should put you in the catbird seat for getting the Paris posting

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as in center stage

the center of public attention in the wake of the natural disaster, this obscure bureaucrat was suddenly and unexpectedly thrust into the catbird seat

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Recent Examples of catbird seat Carter Jensen always dreamed of sitting in the catbird seat at Kauffman Stadium. — Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025 Mom, who’d just flown from Washington state to the Big Apple, fist-pumped her way to a catbird seat on Cloud 9. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025 With memory giants like Samsung and SK Hynix cranking up production to keep pace with Nvidia’s Blackwell ramp, Lam is sitting in the catbird seat. — John Buckingham, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 The catbird seats were occupied instead by the titans of attention. — Ezra Klein, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for catbird seat

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Noun

Those firms that subordinated customer value to residual claims frequently paid a price; those who reversed the order compounded advantage.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Trust, financing, developer communities, standards, commercial partnerships, and diplomatic credibility have become competitive advantages in their own right.

— Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of advantage

Noun

The biggest lesson from the 2026 World Cup is not that B2B brands are jostling for center stage with B2C sponsors.

— Nikos Lemanis, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Jalen Brunson was on center stage in New York again Wednesday, this time for a trio of ovations at the 2026 ESPY Awards.

— Reuters, NBC news, 16 July 2026

Definition of center stage

Noun

The frontier of what needs a human recedes every quarter, and the companies that know exactly where the line sits have a real edge.

— Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
On the fourth pitch of the at-bat, Yamamoto turned to his splitter for the first time, barely clipping the inside edge of the strike zone.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of edge

Noun

During the 2026 World Cup, Hyperice operated largely outside official stadium spotlight, building recovery suites inside team hotels across North America.

— Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
And an area in the national spotlight during Pelosi’s two decades-plus in Democratic leadership, including being House speaker from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of spotlight

Noun

Spencer and Waddingham, both executive producers on the series, never sought top billing over the other.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Does James really want to share top billing on his farewell tour with the likes of Steph Curry, Jaylen Brown or James Harden?

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of top billing

Noun

Following a very public and increasingly acrimonious falling out with Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the owner of chemicals giant INEOS who bankrolled Ainslie’s two previous Cup campaigns, this is a level of limelight Ainslie could do without.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Kristen’s husband’s life was full of glamour and limelight, whereas her life was all behind the scenes.

— Melanie Thernstrom, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Definition of limelight

Noun

The design is laid-back and a little bit funky, just like Austin, with minimalist furnishings, warm natural materials, and local artwork, plus floor-to-ceiling windows that draw your attention out to Austin’s natural beauty.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
Too many brands exhaust their marketing budgets fighting for attention during the primary event when real power lies in owning the transitional micro-moment immediately following exertion.

— Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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