Defenition of the word upstage

• Defenition of the word upstage

  • Draw attention to oneself away from someone else.
  • of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"
  • (theater) at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage"
  • steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else
  • move (another actor) upstage, forcing him to turn away from the audience
  • treat snobbishly, put in one's place
  • steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"
  • treat snobbishly, put in one''s place
  • remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"
  • at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage"
  • the rear part of the stage
  • move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience
  • remote in manner
  • of the back half of a stage
  • at or toward the rear of the stage

Similar words in the upstage

• • reserved

Hypernyms for the word upstage

• • displace
  • do by
  • handle
  • move
  • outshine
  • part
  • portion
  • treat

Antonyms for the word upstage

• • downstage

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