Related Words for backdrop

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background
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Noun
contrast
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Noun
counterpoint
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Noun
amidst
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juxtaposition
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Noun
setting
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Noun
foreground
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Noun
stark
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Name
centerpiece
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Noun
silhouetted
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Verb
towering
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Noun
surrounding
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Verb
cityscape
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Noun
against
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Noun
looming
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Verb
landscape
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Noun
amid
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Noun
scenery
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Noun
scenes
/
Noun
skyline
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Noun
reminder
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Noun
juxtaposing
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Verb
tableau
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Noun
lush
/
Adjective
microcosm
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Noun
dramatic
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Adjective
framing
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Noun
vignette
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Noun
majestic
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Adjective
theme
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Noun
portrait
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Noun
context
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Noun
precedent
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Noun
midst
/
Noun
atop
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Adverb
picturesque
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Adjective
interplay
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Noun
scenario
x/xx
Noun
alongside
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Adverb
overarching
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Adjective
overshadowing
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Verb
shadow
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Noun
prelude
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Noun
venue
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Noun
wall
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Noun
overlooking
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Verb
underpinning
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Noun
accompaniment
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Noun
stunning
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Adjective
metaphor
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Noun
overlaying
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Verb
reminiscent
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Noun
soundtrack
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Noun
evoking
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Verb
horizon
x/x
Noun
reflection
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Noun
picture
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Noun
bleak
/
Adjective
menacing
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Adjective
depicting
x/x
Verb
somber
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Adjective
panorama
xx/x
Noun
accentuating
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Verb
historic
x/x
Noun
grounds
/
Noun
spectacle
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Noun
nature
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Noun
glowering
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Verb
counterbalance
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Noun
bulwark
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Noun
landmark
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Noun
grim
/
Adjective
breathtaking
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Adjective
motif
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Noun
backing
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Noun
drop
/
Noun
proscenium
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Noun
stage set
//
Phrase, Noun
perch
/
Noun
teaser
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Noun
staging
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Noun
stage setting
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Phrase, Noun
upstage
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Noun
curtain
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Noun
deck
/
Noun
box set
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Phrase, Noun
stage right
//
Phrase, Noun, Adverb
breakaway
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Noun
rostrum
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Noun
special
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Adjective
silver screen
/x/
Phrase, Noun
stage left
//
Phrase, Noun, Adverb
tormentor
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Noun
center stage
/x/
Phrase, Noun
big screen
//
Name, Name
prop
/
Noun
boards
/
Noun
stage manager
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Phrase, Noun
wing
/
Noun
screen
/
Noun
blinder
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Noun
representation
xxx/x
Noun
coup de théâtre
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Name, Name
curtain call
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Phrase, Noun
presentation
xx/x
Noun
scenic
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Adjective
plantings
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Noun
skyscrapers
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Noun
evergreens
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Noun
greenery
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Noun
surreal
x/
Adjective
aural
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Adjective
unfolds
x/
Verb
fitting
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Adjective
cardboard
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Adjective
sky
/
Noun
bucolic
x/x
Adjective
seamless
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Adjective
serving
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Noun
verdant
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Adjective
mountains
/x
Noun
pines
/
Noun
colourful
x/xx
Adjective
unchanging
x/x
Adjective
painted
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Verb
colorful
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Adjective
spectacular
x/xx
Adjective
textured
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Verb, Adjective
unobtrusive
xx/x
Adjective
forms
/
Verb
starry
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Adjective
velvet
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Noun
sombre
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Adjective
accessories
x/xx
Adjective
account
x/
Noun, Verb
antecedent
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
arena
x/x
Noun
atmosphere
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Noun
backward
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Adverb, Adjective, Noun
basis
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Noun
bottom
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
camouflage
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Noun, Verb
canvas
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Noun, Verb
climate
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Noun, Verb
connection
x/x
Noun
decor
x/
Noun
decoration
xx/x
Noun
displays
x/
Noun, Verb
décor
/
Noun
environment
x/xx
Noun
fond
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
framework
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Noun
fund
/
Noun, Verb
headlines
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Noun
history
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Noun, Verb
juncture
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Noun
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
mind
/
Noun, Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
perspective
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Noun, Adjective
prospect
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Noun, Verb
rear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
regard
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Noun, Verb
respect
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Noun, Verb
sense
/
Noun, Verb
setback
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Noun
showcase
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Noun, Verb
situation
xx/x
Noun
springboard
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Noun, Verb
substance
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Noun, Verb
substantive
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
undercurrent
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Noun, Verb
view
/
Noun, Verb
vista
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Noun, Verb
weft
/
Noun
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
bundle
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Noun, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
daylight
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Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
closet
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
expression
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Noun
gloss
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Noun, Verb