Need another word that means the same as “backdrop”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “backdrop” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Backdrop” are: backcloth, background, stage set, set, flats, drop curtain, situation, setting, milieu, medium, scene, scenario, location, locale, context, framework
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “backdrop” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| backcloth | Scenery hung at back of stage. |
| background | The circumstances or situation prevailing at a particular time or underlying a particular event. When the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background. |
| context | The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event. Skilled readers use context to construct meaning from words as they are read. |
| drop curtain | A central depository where things can be left or picked up. |
| flats | A musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named. |
| framework | A basic structure underlying a system, concept, or text. A conservatory in a delicate framework of iron. |
| locale | The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting. Her summers were spent in a variety of exotic locales. |
| location | A position or address in computer memory. The location of new housing beyond the existing built up areas. |
| medium | A nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms. The dissolving medium is called a solvent. |
| milieu | The environmental condition. Gregory came from the same aristocratic milieu as Sidonius. |
| scenario | An outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work. The scenario is World War Two. |
| scene | The pieces of scenery used in a play or opera. A scene from Tarantino s latest movie. |
| set | Representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production. Before the set of sun. |
| setting | A mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place. He changed the setting on the thermostat. |
| situation | A position of employment; a job. Found herself in a very fortunate situation. |
| stage set | A large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns. |
| background | Provide with background. The embassy filled him in on the background of the incident. |
| cityscape | Painting depicting a city or urban area. Shades of red brick which once coloured the cityscape. |
| contextual | Relating to or determined by or in context. He included contextual information in footnotes. |
| diorama | A model representing a scene with three-dimensional figures, either in miniature or as a large-scale museum exhibit. |
| environment | The natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity. A parliamentary environment committee. |
| environmental | Concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment. Acid rain may have caused major environmental damage. |
| facet | Any of the individual units (ommatidia) that make up the compound eye of an insect or crustacean. A philosophy that extends to all facets of the business. |
| foreground | Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent. The intricate garden depicted in the foreground. |
| homocentric | Having a common center. |
| landscape | The genre of landscape painting. A landscape painter. |
| locale | The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting. Her summers were spent in a variety of exotic locales. |
| nature | Inborn or hereditary characteristics as an influence on or determinant of personality. It is impossible to change the laws of nature. |
| objectively | With objectivity. The physical world we think of as objectively true. |
| outlook | A place from which a view is possible; a vantage point. The deteriorating economic outlook. |
| panorama | The visual percept of a region. The tower offers a wonderful panorama of Prague. |
| panoramic | Including all aspects of a subject; wide-ranging. His panoramic vision of post World War I peace. |
| personally | From one’s personal standpoint; subjectively rather than objectively. He had spoken personally and emotionally. |
| perspective | True understanding of the relative importance of things; a sense of proportion. A perspective drawing. |
| perspicacity | The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions. The perspicacity of her remarks. |
| picturesque | (of a place or building) visually attractive, especially in a quaint or charming way. A picturesque village. |
| pomp | Vain and ostentatious display. I perceived Captain Delmar in all the pomp and pride of full uniform. |
| scene | The pieces of scenery used in a play or opera. The religious scene in England has changed in the last century. |
| scenery | The appearance of a place. They worked all night painting the scenery. |
| scenic | Used of locations; having beautiful natural scenery. The trend to scenic figural work. |
| setting | The context and environment in which something is set. A setting of Yevtushenko s bleak poem. |
| standpoint | An attitude to a particular issue. She writes on religion from the standpoint of a believer. |
| surroundings | The things and conditions around a person or thing. I took up the time admiring my surroundings. |
| sylvan | A spirit that lives in or frequents the woods. A sylvan glade. |
| view | Purpose the phrase with a view to means with the intention of or for the purpose of. Matisse s view of Collioure. |
| vista | A pleasing view. Vistas of freedom seemed to open ahead of him. |
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