Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

well-placed

British  

adjective

  1. having an advantageous position

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Shittu was well-placed in his final after winning the round on all five of the judges' scorecards.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Analyst Brian Morrison says Linamar, Magna International and Martinrea are well-placed in the current environment, despite some trade uncertainty.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Shares of Super Micro’s server rival Dell jumped 3.8% in Monday’s trading and could be well-placed to capitalize on the chip-smuggling scandal.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

The book wasn’t written so much as it was built by a prominent ghostwriter, a cadre of well-placed friends and colleagues, and a publishing industry that’s made billions of dollars from trauma memoirs by women.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

It’s the way civilized man now encumbers his territory, not with great walls or stretches of wire but with a single well-placed device, a neat bundling with the workings of a mind.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training