Synonyms of the word

backcloth

• n. The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.

backdrop

• n. A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
• n. The setting or background of a historical event.
• n. An image that serves as a visual background.
• v. (transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.

background

• adj. Less important in a scene.
• n. One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
• n. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
• n. Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
• n. A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
• n. (computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application…
• n. (computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
• v. To put in a position that is not prominent.

scene

• n. The location of an event that attracts attention.
• n. (theater) The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the…
• n. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go…
• n. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence,…
• n. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play,…
• n. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their…
• n. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
• n. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often,…
• n. An element of fiction writing.
• n. A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere…
• v. (transitive) To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

scenery

• n. View, natural features, landscape.
• n. Stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene.