Dictionary Entry
upstage
upstage is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, verb, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: the rear part of the stage. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
the rear part of the stage
- 2verb
steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else
"When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"
- 3verb
move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience
- 4verb
treat snobbishly, put in one's place
- 5adjective
remote in manner
"stood apart with aloof dignity"
"a distant smile"
- 6adjective
of the back half of a stage
"she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"
- 7adverb
at or toward the rear of the stage
"the dancers were directed to move upstage"
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