OFFSTAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does offstage mean? 

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

1. a stage area out of sight of the audience

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

• OFFSTAGE (adjective)
  The adjective OFFSTAGE has 2 senses:

1. situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience

2. concealed from public view or attention

  Familiarity information: OFFSTAGE used as an adjective is rare.

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

1. behind the scenes; not on stage

2. not in public

  Familiarity information: OFFSTAGE used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OFFSTAGE (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 ("offstage" is a kind of...):

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

• OFFSTAGE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience

Context example:

offstage noises

Antonym:

onstage (situated or taking place on the area of a stage visible to the audience)

Sense 2

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)

• OFFSTAGE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Behind the scenes; not on stage

Context example:

the actors were waiting offstage

Antonym:

onstage (on the stage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not in public

Context example:

the deal was done offstage