CATBIRD SEAT Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

catbird seat

noun

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

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

back burner

Examples of catbird seat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Their continued inability to slay the Bengals knocks them from the conference's catbird seat. —

Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2022 And Shanae is in the catbird seat, still mulling over whether to pick Logan or James. —

Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022 The Hilton Nashville Downtown is the city’s most convenient hotel, on the catbird seat nestled between Broadway and Bridgestone Arena. —

Fox News, 23 Sep. 2022 Of the two Democratic leaders, Newsom had the easier path to the political catbird seat. —

John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2022 See all Example Sentences for catbird seat

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