vantage

noun

van·​tage ˈvan-tij 

1

: a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view

2

: superiority in a contest

3

: advantage sense 4

4

archaic : benefit, gain

Phrases

to the vantage

obsolete : in addition

Synonyms

• advantage
• better
• bulge
• catbird seat
• drop
• edge
• high ground
• inside track
• jump
• pull
• stead
• upper hand
• whip hand

Examples of vantage in a Sentence

the vantage had all been ours for the first half of the contest

Recent Examples on the Web

Why that is can be seen only from the vantage of history. —Jill Lepore, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015

Unusual prescience on her part or an authorial intrusion from the vantage of our less orderly world? —Laura Miller, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024

The fast orbits, of 3 weeks or less, also mean the planets regularly cross the face of the star from the vantage of Earth—and JWST. —Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 20 June 2024

To avoid this privileged privileging, Pedrosa offers something for everyone: if all aesthetic decisions need to be understood from a particular vantage, then all are valid. —Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French vantage, avantage — more at advantage entry 1

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4

Phrases Containing vantage

• coign of vantage
• vantage point

Kids Definition

vantage

noun

van·​tage ˈvant-ij 

: a position giving advantage or a wide view