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

1. noun. the rear part of the stage
2. verb. steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else

   "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"

3. verb. move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience
4. verb. treat snobbishly, put in one's place
5. adjective. remote in manner

   "stood apart with aloof dignity"

   "a distant smile"

   Synonyms: aloof, distant

6. adjective. of the back half of a stage

   "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"

7. adverb. at or toward the rear of the stage

   "the dancers were directed to move upstage"

Synonyms

aloof, distant

Common word forms

upstaged, upstager, upstages, upstaging

Words from these letters

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