Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun upstage

1 sense of upstage

Sense 1
upstage -- (the rear part of the stage)
       => part, portion -- (something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb upstage

3 senses of upstage

Sense 1
upstage -- (treat snobbishly, put in one's place)
       => treat, handle, do by -- (interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently")

Sense 2
upstage -- (move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience)
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")

Sense 3
upstage -- (steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress")
       => outshine -- (attract more attention and praise than others; "This film outshone all the others in quality")

Antonyms of adj upstage

2 senses of upstage

Sense 1
upstage (vs. downstage) -- (of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience")

downstage (vs. upstage) -- (of the front half of a stage)

Sense 2
aloof, distant, upstage -- (remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers")

INDIRECT (VIA reserved) -> unreserved -- (not cautious or reticent; "unreserved behavior")

Similarity of adj upstage

2 senses of upstage

Sense 1
upstage (vs. downstage) -- (of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience")

Sense 2
aloof, distant, upstage -- (remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers")
       => reserved (vs. unreserved) -- (marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West)

Antonyms of adv upstage

1 sense of upstage

Sense 1
upstage -- (at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage")
       Antonym of downstage (Sense 1)
      => downstage -- (at or toward the front of the stage; "the actors moved further and further downstage")

Synonyms of adv upstage

1 sense of upstage

Sense 1
upstage -- (at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage")