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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the rear part of the stage;


VERB (3)

1. treat snobbishly, put in one's place;

2. move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience;

3. steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else;
- Example: "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of the back half of a stage;
- Example: "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"

2. remote in manner;
- Example: "stood apart with aloof dignity"
- Example: "a distant smile"
- Example: "he was upstage with strangers"
[syn: aloof, distant, upstage]


ADVERB (1)

1. at or toward the rear of the stage;
- Example: "the dancers were directed to move upstage"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

upstage
    adv 1: at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were
           directed to move upstage" [ant: downstage]
    adj 1: of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage
           chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"
           [ant: downstage]
    2: remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a
       distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" [syn:
       aloof, distant, upstage]
    n 1: the rear part of the stage
    v 1: treat snobbishly, put in one's place
    2: move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the
       audience
    3: steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone
       else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the
       actress"


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

63 Moby Thesaurus words for "upstage":
   DR, act, act as foil, appear, arrogant, backstage, barnstorm,
   before an audience, before the footlights, behind the scenes, big,
   cold-shoulder, come out, condescending, domineering, down left,
   down right, downstage, emote, emotionalize, get top billing,
   haughty, high-faluting, high-flown, high-hat, high-headed,
   high-nosed, hoity-toity, in the limelight, lofty, mime,
   not receive, off stage, on the stage, onstage, overbearing,
   pantomime, patronizing, patter, perform, play, play the lead,
   playact, proud, purse-proud, rebuff, register, repulse, sketch,
   snub, star, steal the show, stooge, stuck-up, superior, toplofty,
   tread the boards, troupe, turn away from, up left, uppish, uppity,
   upright