upstage

English Thesaurus

1. the rear part of the stage (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	part, portion,
definition	:	something less than the whole of a human artifact (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	stage,
definition	:	a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience (noun.artifact)

2. steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else (verb.competition)

hypernym	:	outshine,
definition	:	attract more attention and praise than others (verb.competition)

3. move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	displace, move,
definition	:	cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb.motion)

4. treat snobbishly, put in one's place (verb.social)

hypernym	:	do by, handle, treat,
definition	:	interact in a certain way (verb.social)

5. remote in manner (adj.all)

similar	:	reserved,
definition	:	marked by self-restraint and reticence (adj.all)

6. at or toward the rear of the stage (adv.all)

domain category	:	dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, theater, theatre,
definition	:	the art of writing and producing plays (noun.communication)

7. steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else (verb.competition)

derivation	:	upstager, upstager,
definition	:	a selfish actor who upstages the other actors (noun.person)

8. remote in manner (adj.all)

derivation	:	aloofness, remoteness, standoffishness, withdrawnness,
definition	:	a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	aloofness, distance,
definition	:	indifference by personal withdrawal (noun.feeling)

9. of the back half of a stage (adj.all)

antonym	:	downstage,
definition	:	of the front half of a stage (adj.all)

10. at or toward the rear of the stage (adv.all)

antonym	:	downstage,
definition	:	at or toward the front of the stage (adv.all)

11. steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else (verb.competition)

derivation	:	upstager, upstager,
definition	:	a selfish actor who upstages the other actors (noun.person)

12. remote in manner (adj.all)

derivation	:	aloofness, remoteness, standoffishness, withdrawnness,
definition	:	a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	aloofness, distance,
definition	:	indifference by personal withdrawal (noun.feeling)

13. of the back half of a stage (adj.all)

antonym	:	downstage,
definition	:	of the front half of a stage (adj.all)

14. at or toward the rear of the stage (adv.all)

antonym	:	downstage,
definition	:	at or toward the front of the stage (adv.all)