Backdrop

Quick meaning: Backdrop is a noun meaning A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.

Meaning

A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.

More Meanings

1. An image that serves as a visual background.
2. The setting or background of an acted performance.
3. (figurative) Any background situation.
4. (transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.

Example Sentences

Against a backdrop of falling interest rates, the new savings account is looking less appealing.

It's not the longest or tallest viaduct in Britain, but the landscape upon which it sits makes for a stunning backdrop.

Against this backdrop, RDG said it needed to "review historic working practices so that the railway can respond to changing passenger needs and enable future growth".

Animated, seemingly varied crowd movement will place a game in the early 1990s, while static crowd backdrops and blocky, sprite-based athletes tend to point toward technology used in the 1980s.

Word Forms

• backdrops
• backdropping
• backdropped

Synonyms for backdrop

Depending on context, synonyms include background, backcloth.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include backcloth, background, scene, setting, arena, scenario.

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