offstage
4
4.2
- adjective
- /ˌɔfˈsteɪdʒ/
:
privado
- Although she shines during her performances, her life offstage is much quieter.
- offstage life
Examples
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She was Marge's hostess from then on, and I didn't see much more of either of them offstage.
Fiction book (1991) -
He told me that while I was an animated and exciting performer, offstage I was quiet, withdrawn, cool, and distant.
Fiction book (1999) -
All of the parts had been taken in the play, she said, but she had saved a special role for me, offstage.
Fiction book (2001) -
One thing about being in such a theatrical family, it's easy to lose track of everything that's happening offstage.
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Offstage, we hear the sound of a television set turned low on a situation comedy, the laugh track erupting now and then.
Fiction book (1996) -
Offstage, other classrooms are exiting into the common hall, but no one in St. John's study moves.
Fiction book (1992) -
Politics is entirely offstage in these stories, with brand names and public personalities absent, everything invested with an anonymous small-town sensibility.
Academic text (2008) -
Casey and Yvonne were in the bitterest days of their battling, but they were trying hard to keep it all offstage, trying to shield him.
Fiction book (1998) -
The actress prefers to keep her relationships offstage to maintain her privacy.
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Many important decisions are made offstage, far from the public eye.
Synonyms
249
2.4
Without other people present
117
4.9
In a private way, away from the public view
112
4.1
In private and not open to the public
39
4.8
Not known or seen by the public
33
4.3
Happening in private and away from public view
Antonyms
How Public
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Offstage originally means 'away from the stage', from off- 'away' and stage 'place of acting', so a helpful way to remember its modern use is to think of things happening 'behind the curtain', in private or out of public view.