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sitting pretty adj.
triumphal adj.
triumphant adj.
victorious adj.
ascendancy/ascendency n.

ADJECTIVE

sitting pretty

Synonyms

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ahead of the game going places on cloud nine on top of the heap on top of the world prosperous

ADJECTIVE

triumphal

Synonyms

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triumphant

WEAK

arrived champion conquering prizewinning vanquishing winning

ADJECTIVE

triumphant

Synonyms

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celebratory elated exultant glorious happy jubilant proud triumphal victorious

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boastful champion conquering dominant in the lead looking good lucky out front prizewinning rejoicing swaggering unbeaten undefeated winning

Antonyms

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depressed discouraged sad sorrowful unhappy

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defeated failing losing unsuccessful

ADJECTIVE

victorious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

triumphant

WEAK

arrived champion conquering prizewinning vanquishing

Antonyms

WEAK

failing losing unsuccessful

NOUN

ascendancy/ascendency

Synonyms

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advantage authority command control dominance dominion edge influence jump leg up mastery power predominance preeminence prepotence prevalence reign rule sovereignty superiority supremacy sway upper hand whip hand

Antonyms

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decline inferiority powerlessness subordination

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Then declining test scores poured fuel on top of a brewing parent backlash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

That’s on top of a high daycare bill.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

It’s physical evidence that I scored that goal in college, and what I remember is that my teammates jumped over the boards to pile on top of me afterward, genuinely happy for me.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

No cherry on top but enough there to leave most folk happy about day one and motivated ahead of day two, against Switzerland on Tuesday night at Hampden.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The yarn floated on top for a little longer before the water covered that, too.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

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