Antonyms for background
ˈbækˌgraʊndback·ground

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1. backgroundnoun

   a person's social heritage: previous experience or training

   "he is a lawyer with a sports background"

   Antonyms:
   highlight, play up, foreground, spotlight

   Synonyms:
   setting, background signal, scope, backcloth, screen background, desktop, background knowledge, backdrop, ground

2. background, groundnoun

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

   "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"

   Antonyms:
   play up, foreground, spotlight, highlight

   Synonyms:
   screen background, setting, ground, priming coat, primer, background signal, soil, undercoat, basis, solid ground, dry land, primer coat, footing, land, priming, backcloth, background knowledge, scope, reason, flat coat, backdrop, desktop, earth, terra firma

3. background, background knowledgenoun

   information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem

   "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"

   Antonyms:
   foreground, spotlight, highlight, play up

   Synonyms:
   setting, background signal, scope, backcloth, screen background, desktop, background knowledge, backdrop, ground

4. background, background signalnoun

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

   "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"

   Antonyms:
   foreground, spotlight, highlight, play up

   Synonyms:
   setting, background signal, scope, backcloth, screen background, desktop, background knowledge, backdrop, ground

5. backgroundnoun

   relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation

   "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"

   Antonyms:
   play up, spotlight, highlight, foreground

   Synonyms:
   setting, background signal, scope, backcloth, screen background, desktop, background knowledge, backdrop, ground

6. setting, background, scopenoun

   the state of the environment in which a situation exists

   "you can't do that in a university setting"

   Antonyms:
   play up, highlight, foreground, spotlight

   Synonyms:
   place setting, screen background, scene, compass, ground, telescope, background signal, circumstance, reach, cathode-ray oscilloscope, ambit, setting, range, mise en scene, oscilloscope, backcloth, background knowledge, scope, mount, orbit, backdrop, desktop, context, stage setting

7. background, desktop, screen backgroundnoun

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

   Antonyms:
   foreground, play up, highlight, spotlight

   Synonyms:
   setting, background signal, scope, backcloth, screen background, desktop, background knowledge, backdrop, ground

8. backdrop, background, backclothverb

   scenery hung at back of stage

   Antonyms:
   play up, highlight, foreground, spotlight

   Synonyms:
   setting, background signal, scope, backcloth, desktop, background knowledge, screen background, backdrop, ground

9. background, play down, downplayverb

   understate the importance or quality of

   "he played down his royal ancestry"

   Antonyms:
   highlight, foreground, play up, spotlight

   Synonyms:
   downplay, minimize, play down, understate, minimise

How to use background in a sentence?

1. John Cornyn:

   Democrats pushed for an assault weapons ban, I said no. They tried to get a new three-week mandatory waiting period for all gun purchases, I said no. Universal background checks, magazine bans, licensing requirements, the list goes on and on and on. And I said no, no, 1,000 times no, so, you might ask,' What is on the table ?' More mental health resources, more support for John Cornyn schools, and making sure that violent criminals and the mentally ill can not buy a firearm.

2. Edward Whitaker:

   There are a lot of rich people in horse racing so the animals are often in very nice scenes which of course makes for great photographs, taking a photograph is simple really. It's about the background primarily and then you wait for the subject.

3. Sabrina Puglisi:

   I think that its a high sentence given Brandons background and other similarly situated cases, but I believe that the judge felt the need to have the sentence send a message to others that are out there on the Internet doing this bad behavior.

4. Bob Quasis:

   Ted Cruz will do well among voters of Cuban background who are not supportive of immigration reform, which is a small group, i would slightly favor Jeb Bush, but Marco Rubio is a strong contender too. We have great prospects for winning the Latino vote.

5. Tom Kallstrom:

   Neither party really has the background and training on mechanical ventilators that Lisa Shultis has, it's really a three-legged stool. You really need your doctor, nurse and respiratory therapist continually working together.

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