Antonyms for backgrounds

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bak-ground

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbækˌgraʊnd

Definition of backgrounds

Origin : 1670s, from back (adj.) + ground (n.); original sense was theatrical, later applied to painting. Figurative sense is first attested 1854.

noun experience or circumstances

Example sentences :

He lived on his steps, cleaning up his backgrounds until dark.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

And yet what gems of landscape he has touched into his backgrounds here and there!
Extract from : « Holbein » by Beatrice Fortescue

Two or three architects engaged him to fill in skies and backgrounds to their plans.
Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook

Sometimes, too, we see figures of velvet woven into backgrounds of satin.
Extract from : « The Story of Silk » by Sara Ware Bassett

Panic or no panic, Cove City refuses to remain in the backgrounds.
Extract from : « Mr. Opp » by Alice Hegan Rice

Places, if not parasitic upon her, at least were mere settings and backgrounds.
Extract from : « The Third Window » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

Marking forms from tablets and cutting and pasting them on backgrounds.
Extract from : « Elementary Color » by Milton Bradley

What backgrounds he would get for his pictures in that beautiful country!
Extract from : « A Widow's Tale and Other Stories » by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

So much for what I have called the backgrounds of Chinese poetry.
Extract from : « Fir-Flower Tablets » by Various

His wigs, drapery, and backgrounds were all painted for him.
Extract from : « Haunted London » by Walter Thornbury

Synonyms for backgrounds

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