BACKDROPS Synonyms

• an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

• painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery

• a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery

• an extensive mental viewpoint

• embellish with plants

• do landscape gardening

• the visual percept of a region

• a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene

• the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale

• the appearance of a place

• the context and environment in which something is set

• the state of the environment in which a situation exists

• arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted

• the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

• the physical position of something

• a table service for one person

• a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place

• scenery hung at back of stage

• a person's social heritage: previous experience or training

• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

• information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem

• extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured

• relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation

• the state of the environment in which a situation exists

• (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

• scenery hung at back of stage

• understate the importance or quality of