catbird seat | Definition of catbird seat

Synonyms and Antonyms of catbird seat

1 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 of catbird seat

advantage, better, bulge, drop, edge, high ground, inside track, jump, pull, stead, upper hand, vantage, whip hand

Words Related to catbird seat

allowance, head start, lead, leg up, margin, odds, start

ascendancy (also ascendency), command, dominance, mastery, predominance, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, transcendency

precedence, preference, prerogative, privilege, seniority

break, foothold, opportunity

benefit, blessing, boon, felicity, godsend, manna, windfall

Phrases Synonymous with catbird seat

coign of vantage

Near Antonyms of catbird seat

detriment, stranglehold

disparity, imbalance, inequality, unevenness

disability, failing, impairment, shortcoming

bar, catch, check, clog, crimp, embarrassment, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, rub, shackle, stop, trammel

Antonyms of catbird seat

disadvantage, drawback, handicap, liability, minus, penalty, strike

2 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 of catbird seat

center stage, limelight, spotlight, top billing

Words Related to catbird seat

attention, heed, notice

Near Antonyms of catbird seat