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

1 sense of upstager

Sense 1
upstager -- (a selfish actor who upstages the other actors)
       => actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player -- (a theatrical performer)

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)