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backstage

  • /bækˈsteɪd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -eɪdʒ

Where it comes from

From back + stage.

adjective

  1. not comparable Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
  2. not comparable Secret, concealed from the public.

adverb more backstage · most backstage

  1. Towards the area behind the stage.
  2. Out of view of the public. Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry / You've gone away and each night I seem to die a little

noun backstages

  1. The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
  2. The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise. Another broad issue regarding the physical setting involves decisions about the setting's frontstage and backstage.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: offstage, private, wing, behind-the-scenes, backdoor, taiwan, upstage, downstage, understage, backward, back-alley, back, onstage, rearward, rear, interstage

Translations

Every language

adj behind a stage

Portuguêsbastidores
Françaiscoulisses
Deutschbackstage
Русскийзакули́сный zakulísnyj
العربيةكَوَالِيس kawālīs

adj secret

Françaiscoulisses
Deutschhinter den Kulissen
Русскийзакули́сный zakulísnyj

adv towards the area behind the stage

Русскийза кули́сы za kulísy

adv out of view of the public

Русскийзакули́сно zakulísno

noun area behind the stage

中文後臺 /后台 hòutái
Portuguêscoxia, coxias, bastidores
Françaiscoulisses
DeutschBackstage
Italianoquinta, quinte

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@misc{backstage_2026,
  title = {backstage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/backstage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}