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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun upstage has 1 sense

• upstage(n = noun.artifact) Array - the rear part of the stage; Array
is a kind of part, portion
is a part of stage

Verb upstage has 3 senses

• upstage(v = verb.social) Array - treat snobbishly, put in one's place; Array
is one way to do by, handle, treat
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• upstage(v = verb.motion) Array - move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience; Array
is one way to displace, move
Derived form noun upstager₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

• upstage(v = verb.competition) Array - steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"
is one way to outshine
Derived form noun upstager₁
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot upstage Sue

Adjective upstage has 2 senses

• upstage(a = adj.all) Array - of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"
Antonym: downstage

• upstage(s = adj.all) aloof, distant - remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"

Adverbial upstage has 1 sense

• upstage(r = adv.all) Array - at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage"
Antonym: downstage

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

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

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