backstage

backstage

adverb

Definition of BACKSTAGE

in a manner intended to prevent knowledge or awareness by others <some of the most important decisions were made backstage, and only presented to the full committee afterward>

Synonyms backstage, confidentially, in camera, intimately, secretly

Related Words à deux, tête-à-tête; inwardly, sotto voce; offscreen, offstage; clandestinely, collusively, conspiratorially, covertly; furtively, secretively, sneakily, stealthily, surreptitiously, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded, underhandedly

Antonyms openly, publicly