Synonyms for backgrounds
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bak-ground |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbækˌgraʊnd |
Top 10 synonyms for backgrounds Other synonyms for the word backgrounds
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for backgrounds
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