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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a stage area out of sight of the audience;
[syn: wing, offstage, backstage]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. concealed from public view or attention;
- Example: "offstage political meetings"
[syn: offstage, backstage]


ADVERB (2)

1. out of view of the public; behind the scenes;
- Example: "Working backstage to gain political support for his proposal"
- Example: "many private deals were made backstage at the convention"

2. in or to a backstage area of a theater;
- Example: "costumes were changed backstage"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

backstage \back"stage\ n. (theater) the area on the stage out of sight of the audience. Syn: wing, wings, offstage. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

backstage \backs"tage\ adj. concealed from the public; in private. Syn: behind the scenes. [WordNet 1.5] Backstairs
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

backstage adv 1: out of view of the public; behind the scenes; "Working backstage to gain political support for his proposal"; "many private deals were made backstage at the convention" 2: in or to a backstage area of a theater; "costumes were changed backstage" adj 1: concealed from public view or attention; "offstage political meetings" [syn: offstage, backstage] n 1: a stage area out of sight of the audience [syn: wing, offstage, backstage]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

47 Moby Thesaurus words for "backstage": DR, L, R, acting area, apron, apron stage, band shell, bandstand, before an audience, before the footlights, behind the scenes, board, bridge, coulisse, dock, down left, down right, downstage, dressing room, flies, fly floor, fly gallery, forestage, greenroom, grid, gridiron, in the limelight, lightboard, off stage, on the stage, onstage, orchestra, orchestra pit, performing area, pit, proscenium, proscenium stage, shell, stage, stage left, stage right, switchboard, the boards, up left, upright, upstage, wings