Background — synonyms, background antonyms, definition

1. background (a)

basic beginning fundamental introductory preparatory rudimentary

2. background (Noun)

antecedents backcloth backdrop background knowledge background signal bequest birthright butt culture desktop distance education enlightenment environment erudition estate experience framework grooming ground • • •

background (Noun) — A person's social heritage: previous experience or training. ex. "he is a lawyer with a sports background"

background (Noun) — The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground. ex. "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"

background (Noun) — Information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem. ex. "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"

background (Noun) — Extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured. ex. "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"

background (Noun) — Relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation. ex. "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"

background (Noun) — The state of the environment in which a situation exists. ex. "you can't do that in a university background"

background (Noun) — (computing) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear.

background (Noun) — Scenery hung at the back of a stage.

background (Noun) — (computing) activity on a computer not requiring user input.

CRT screen accompaniment aspect attendant co-occurrence concomitant disturbance environment heritage information inheritance interference noise panorama prospect scene scenery screen view vista background noise background radiation canvas canvass ground noise show window showcase

3. background (Verb)

downplay play down foreground

background (Verb) — Understate the importance or quality of.

accent accentuate emphasise emphasize punctuate stress soft-pedal wave off