Synonyms of catbird seat

catbird seat

noun

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• advantage
• edge
• upper hand
• whip hand
• high ground
• opportunity
• odds
• coign of vantage
• inside track
• jump
• stead
• vantage
• start
• better
• bulge
• pull
• privilege
• leg up
• drop
• head start
• margin
• lead
• superiority
• allowance
• ascendency
• dominance
• benefit
• ascendancy
• transcendence
• prerogative
• mastery
• precedence
• predominance
• supremacy
• foothold
• transcendency
• preference
• seniority
• windfall
• command
• godsend
• blessing
• felicity
• break
• boon
• manna

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• penalty
• liability
• disadvantage
• strike
• minus
• handicap
• drawback
• detriment
• disability
• inequality
• imbalance
• disparity
• interference
• failing
• let
• impairment
• bar
• stop
• obstruction
• stranglehold
• impediment
• catch
• check
• obstacle
• hindrance
• rub
• shortcoming
• embarrassment
• hitch
• hurdle
• unevenness
• setback
• trammel
• shackle
• clog
• crimp
• lurch
• manacle

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• center stage
• spotlight
• top billing
• limelight
• attention
• front burner
• heed
• notice

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• back burner

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