CATBIRD SEATS Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

catbird seats

noun

plural of catbird seat

as in advantages

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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Relevance

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as in spotlights

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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back burners

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Noun

That kept the sales momentum rolling, but at the loss of the Neo’s financial advantages.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Preparation methods significantly affect the potato’s advantages.

— Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 26 July 2026

Definition of advantages

Noun

The room, finished in Domingue lime paint, is illuminated by a 1950s Isamu Noguchi Akari floor lamp and surface-mount spotlights by Lucifer Lighting.

— Punch Hutton, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2026
Harbaugh’s hiring thrust the Giants into back-to-back exciting prime time spotlights in Weeks 1 and 2 of this NFL season.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026

Definition of spotlights

Noun

These companies are embedding AI directly into consequential workflows rather than adding it around the edges.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
This pixie cut is close at the nape of the neck and fuller in the crown with soft edges, explains Laurie Anderson Ashe, stylist and owner of Hair Colour Concepts in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

— Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 26 July 2026

Definition of edges

Noun

But this is not a restaurant built for restraint; turn your attentions to Les Grands, a selection of jumbo desserts, each big enough to feed a quorum.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
The flirty attentions of handsome fellow student Henry (Nate Mann) — an adult, like everyone else in the class — don’t hurt either.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 June 2026

Definition of attentions

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