Definition for Background:

• Ground in the rear or behind; parts dimly seen; in a picture, the part behind and subordinate to the principal figures.

Synonyms for Background:

• n.

  •
  • word,
  • findings,
  • news,
  • fact,
  • detail,
  • data,
  • information,
  • A to Z,
  • report,
  • datum.
  •
  • knowledge,
  • past,
  • conditions,
  • training,
  • qualifications,
  • history,
  • upbringing,
  • credentials.
  •
  • call,
  • business,
  • happen,
  • calling.
  •
  • class,
  • beginnings.
  •accompaniment (noun)
  • instrument,
  • back-ups,
  • back-up.
  •attribute (noun)
  • background.
  •backcloth (noun)
  • backcloth.
  •backdrop (noun)
  • backdrop.
  •background (noun)
  • scope,
  • background knowledge,
  • screen background,
  • desktop,
  • play down,
  • setting,
  • background signal,
  • ground,
  • downplay.
  •basis (noun)
  • pre mise,
  • ex planations,
  • pre mises,
  • sub-stratum,
  • infra structure,
  • sub strata,
  • pre-suppositions,
  • sub stratum,
  • pre-supposition,
  • sub stratums,
  • under-pinning,
  • infra structures,
  • ex-planation,
  • under pinning,
  • principal elements,
  • ex-planations,
  • sub-strata,
  • ex planation,
  • sub-stratums,
  • chief ingredients,
  • infra-structures,
  • pre-mise,
  • pre supposition,
  • pre-mises,
  • pre suppositions.
  •birth (noun)
  • ex traction,
  • ex-traction,
  • ex tractions,
  • de-scent,
  • de-scents,
  • de scents,
  • fore bears,
  • fore bear,
  • fore-bear,
  • fore-bears,
  • ex-tractions,
  • de scent,
  • heritances.
  •caste (noun)
  • caste.
  •context (noun)
  • frame of reference,
  • lexicon.
  •contrast (noun)
  • foil.
  •education (noun)
  • proselytism,
  • Propagandism,
  • pedagogy,
  • Pedagogics,
  • in formation,
  • inculcation,
  • book learning,
  • learnedness,
  • drillings,
  • apprenticeship,
  • schooling,
  • apprenticeships.
  •environment (noun)
  • surroundings,
  • terrain,
  • neck of woods,
  • turf,
  • stomping grounds,
  • entourage,
  • stomping ground,
  • encompassment.
  •experience (noun)
  • proficiency,
  • savoir-faire,
  • wisdom,
  • sophistication,
  • wit,
  • experience,
  • time,
  • competence.
  •experience or circumstances (noun)
  • acquirement,
  • actions,
  • framework,
  • attainment,
  • grounding,
  • culture,
  • tradition,
  • cultivation,
  • capacity,
  • accomplishments,
  • rearing,
  • qualification,
  • seasoning,
  • deeds,
  • breeding.
  •family tree (noun)
  • Family.
  •foil (noun)
  • de-fenses,
  • de fenses,
  • counter-blow,
  • anti thesis,
  • anti-thesis,
  • counter-blows,
  • counter blows.
  •groundwork (noun)
  • groundwork,
  • understructure.
  •practice (noun)
  • re-citation,
  • recountings,
  • tuneups,
  • re-petitions,
  • work-outs,
  • re citations,
  • re-counting,
  • re-citations,
  • relatings,
  • re petition,
  • tune ups,
  • work outs,
  • re petitions,
  • tuneup,
  • re-petition,
  • tune-ups,
  • re counting,
  • preppings,
  • re citation.
  •preparation (noun)
  • schoolwork,
  • incubations,
  • lead time,
  • substructure,
  • tryout,
  • incubation,
  • getting ready,
  • build-ups,
  • substructures,
  • making ready,
  • build-up,
  • gestation,
  • putting in order.
  •roots (noun)
  • family histories.
  •scene (noun)
  • dis-plays,
  • out-look,
  • dis-play,
  • dis plays,
  • re-presentations,
  • out looks,
  • re presentation,
  • out-looks,
  • dis play,
  • re presentations,
  • out look.
  •stock (noun)
  • line descent.
  •surroundings (noun)
  • sur roundings,
  • sur-roundings.
  •training (noun)
  • warmups,
  • warmup,
  • up-bringing,
  • chalk talks,
  • domestications,
  • warm ups,
  • up bringing.
  •unobtrusive (noun)
  • retiring,
  • obscure,
  • out of sight,
  • unnoticed,
  • un,
  • withdrawn.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • livelihood,
  • career,
  • magnum opus,
  • meritocracy,
  • job-sharing,
  • hierarchical,
  • situation,
  • off-site,
  • pros and cons,
  • climate,
  • incumbency,
  • condition,
  • writing,
  • populist,
  • opportunity,
  • objet d'art,
  • encounter,
  • order book,
  • snob,
  • workload,
  • egalitarian,
  • job security,
  • professional development,
  • working life,
  • bourgeois,
  • hot desking,
  • fine art,
  • creation,
  • work of art,
  • pix,
  • irony,
  • period piece,
  • chef-d'oeuvre,
  • probation,
  • eventuality,
  • stratification,
  • event,
  • scenario,
  • classism,
  • division of labor,
  • the status quo,
  • noblesse oblige,
  • occasion,
  • vacancy,
  • palimpsest,
  • masterpiece,
  • portfolio working,
  • job description,
  • class struggle,
  • masterwork,
  • beneath,
  • extenuating circumstances,
  • occupational,
  • melting pot,
  • oeuvre,
  • class-conscious,
  • dimension,
  • working practices,
  • back catalog,
  • state of affairs,
  • state of play,
  • work experience,
  • metier,
  • classless,
  • landscaping,
  • the bourgeoisie.
  •
  • distance,
  • delegation,
  • assemblage,
  • gig,
  • circumstances,
  • slot,
  • ability,
  • taste,
  • profession,
  • matter,
  • life history,
  • imagery,
  • position,
  • dynamic,
  • genteel,
  • stratified,
  • tenure,
  • stage,
  • affair,
  • kaleidoscope,
  • record,
  • estate,
  • seedbed,
  • beginning,
  • deal,
  • locus,
  • pressure,
  • trickle down,
  • pluralism,
  • collaboration,
  • artwork,
  • sustenance,
  • employment,
  • birth,
  • composition,
  • contingency,
  • feature.
  •
  • hierarchy,
  • opus,
  • equation,
  • job,
  • OP,
  • canon,
  • water,
  • development,
  • socially,
  • appointment,
  • image,
  • start out.
  •
  • labor,
  • opening,
  • go,
  • front,
  • world,
  • matrix,
  • society,
  • professionally,
  • art,
  • thing,
  • load.
  •
  • professional,
  • proposition,
  • way,
  • trade,
  • piece.
  •
  • function,
  • case,
  • work,
  • picture.
  •
  • order,
  • term.
  •
  • service.
  •
  • line.
  •preliminary
  • introductory.

Paraphrases for Background:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    backdrop.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    backgrounder, backgrounders.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    backgrounder.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    back-end, backend.
  • Proper noun, singular
    considerations, Recommendations, principles, particulars, precedents, Islands, handouts, Habitats, Generalities, skills, lessons, GS, warrants, highlights, clerics, Studies.
  • Noun, plural
    affiliations, situations, Realities, moments, auspices, sites, sorts.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    paragraphs, foreground, provenance, ambient, scenario, affiliation, undercurrent, mind, baggage, pedigree, groundwork, atmosphere, backing, backseat, generality, picture.
  • Interjection
    considerations.
  • Verb, past tense
    recalled, linked, Did, Meant.
  • Verb, past participle
    associated, Emerged, combined, linked, faced, Carried, kept.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    AM.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    occurs, explains, Comes, pertains, relates, brings, applies.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    circumstance.

Antonyms for Background:

• n.

  • experience or circumstances
    ignorance.
  • Other antonyms:
    focus, center, focal point, highlight, heart, spotlight.

• v.

  • change
    foreground, play up.

Background Sentence Examples:

• He'll fit beautifully into that background!

• " Yes, that's right, sir," broke in Tony Standish from the background.

Homophones for Background:

• bicorned, baby grand, bicornuate, begrimed, bicornate, boss around, beach wormwood, bichromated, bichromate.

Hypernym for Background:

• v.

  • change
    wave off, soft-pedal.

Hyponym for Background:

• n.

  • attribute
    heritage, inheritance.
  • cognition
    prospect, aspect, panorama, view, scene, vista.
  • event
    attendant, accompaniment, concomitant, co-occurrence.

• v.

  • change
    emphasise, accent, accentuate, punctuate, emphasize, stress.