ringside seat

noun

A seat in the front row of a boxing or wrestling match.

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Meanings

nounringside seat (plural ringside seats)

plural ringside seats

  1. A seat in the front row of a boxing or wrestling match.
  2. idiomaticAny vantage point providing an excellent view.

    The remote area will offer astronomers a ringside seat for the sky spectacular.

    1970 March 9, “Sky Spectacular”, in Time

    Synonyms: box seat

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny vantage point providing an excellent view.

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box seat

More synonyms by meaning

nounfirst row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring

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ringside
Broader
seatingseatsseating room
Also see
ringside

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish aitiopaikka
  • aitiopaikkaany vantage point providing an excellent view
French être aux premières loges
  • être aux premières logesany vantage point providing an excellent view
Cite this entry
APA

ringside seat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ringside%20seat

MLA

“ringside seat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ringside%20seat. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ringside seat,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ringside%20seat.

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