| Main Entry: | backdrop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting for something |
Synonyms: |
scenery, scrim |
| Main Entry: | background |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | experience or circumstances |
Synonyms: |
accomplishments, acquirement, actions, atmosphere, attainment, aura, backdrop, breeding, capacity, credentials, cultivation, culture, deeds, education, environment, framework, grounding, history, practice, preparation, qualification, rearing, seasoning, tradition, training, upbringing |
Antonyms: |
foreground |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
Synonyms: |
ambiance, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
| Main Entry: | forum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting |
Synonyms: |
agency, apparatus, avenue, backdrop, channel, framework, means, mechanism, medium, meeting place, place, scene, stage, vehicle, venue |
| Main Entry: | scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting of a performance or event |
Synonyms: |
arena, backdrop, background, blackout, display, exhibition, flat, flats, landscape, locale, locality, location, mise en scène, outlook, pageant, picture, place, representation, scenery, seascape, set, setting, show, sight, site, spectacle, spot, stage, tableau, theater, view |
| Main Entry: | scenery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings |
Synonyms: |
backdrop, decor, flat, flats, furnishings, furniture, landscape, mise en scène, neighborhood, properties, props, prospect, set, setting, spectacle, sphere, stage set, stage setting, terrain, view, vista |
| Main Entry: | setting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scene, background |
Synonyms: |
ambience, backdrop, context, distance, environment, frame, framework, horizon, jungle, locale, location, mise en scène, mounting, perspective, set, shade, shadow, site, stage set, stage setting, surroundings |
| Main Entry: | drop curtain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theater curtain |
Synonyms: |
act curtain, act drop, back cloth, backdrop, cloth, drop, drop scene, scrim, tab, tableau curtain |
| Main Entry: | stage setting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical background and props for performance |
Synonyms: |
backdrop, film set, flats, location, mise-en-scene, scenery, set, setting, stage, stage set, trompe-l'oeil |
| Main Entry: | locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
Synonyms: |
ambiance, area, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, environs, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, location, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, vicinity, zoo |