BACKSTAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backstage mean? 

• BACKSTAGE (noun)
  The noun BACKSTAGE has 1 sense:

1. a stage area out of sight of the audience

  Familiarity information: BACKSTAGE used as a noun is very rare.

• BACKSTAGE (adjective)
  The adjective BACKSTAGE has 1 sense:

1. concealed from public view or attention

  Familiarity information: BACKSTAGE used as an adjective is very rare.

• BACKSTAGE (adverb)
  The adverb BACKSTAGE has 2 senses:

1. out of view of the public; behind the scenes

2. in or to a backstage area of a theater

  Familiarity information: BACKSTAGE used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACKSTAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stage area out of sight of the audience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

backstage; offstage; wing

Hypernyms ("backstage" is a kind of...):

stage (a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience)

• BACKSTAGE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Concealed from public view or attention

Synonyms:

backstage; offstage

Context example:

offstage political meetings

Similar:

private (confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy)

• BACKSTAGE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Out of view of the public; behind the scenes

Context example:

many private deals were made backstage at the convention

Pertainym:

backstage (concealed from public view or attention)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In or to a backstage area of a theater

Context example:

costumes were changed backstage