Synonyms of stages

stages 1 of 2

noun

plural of stage

1

as in podiums

a level usually raised surface

spoke to the audience from a small stage in front

Synonyms & Similar Words

• podiums
• platforms
• stands
• pulpits
• tribunes
• balconies
• rostra
• altars
• daises
• risers
• scaffolds
• galleries
• bimahs
• footpaces

2

as in legs

a portion of a trip

this is only the first stage of the journey

Synonyms & Similar Words

• legs
• laps
• stopovers
• layovers

3

as in phases

an individual part of a process, series, or ranking

in the last stage of the project

Synonyms & Similar Words

• phases
• chapters
• steps
• points
• places
• inches
• degrees
• grades
• cuts
• aspects
• pegs
• sides
• notches
• amounts
• angles
• facets
• planes
• measures
• increments
• decrements

stages

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of stage

as in offers

to bring before the public in performance or exhibition

staged the full body of Shakespeare's plays in the course of a year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• offers
• presents
• gives
• performs
• carries
• mounts
• exhibits
• shows
• comes out with
• displays
• acts
• plays
• renders
• previews
• exposes
• parades
• represents
• unveils
• portrays
• shows off
• tenders
• depicts
• enacts
• dramatizes
• extends
• impersonates
• proffers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stages

Noun

Fewer steps for battery makers The approach could also help manufacturers reduce manufacturing complexity if fewer coating and lubrication stages are required. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026

Robinson, who has sustained three concussions in calendar year, is in the early stages of the NFL’s concussion protocol program. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

The rebuilt 90,000-seat stadium, which opened in 2007, remains the home of England’s national teams and one of the sport’s most recognizable stages. — Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Related Stories SuperCinema is under construction on a campus in Burbank’s Media District, which will include three stages, an LED volume stage, post-production facilities and collaborative workspaces. — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Pruett is involved in all stages of his wine production, including the harvest. — Melissa May, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

The defender sustained the injuries following a late challenge from Van Bommel, 22, in the final stages of the league match at the Johan Cruyff Arena. — Ali Rampling, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Isar is in the early stages of developing a second launch site in Canada, and the company may eventually base launches from Kourou, French Guiana, home to Europe’s primary spaceport on the northeastern coast of South America. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026

Testing and inspections must be performed at the appropriate stages. — Javier Campaña Minchong, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

Verb

McKinley stages a few bullet-sweating sequences of peril, including a particularly brutal transport of gold bars across a crumbling rope bridge and an underwater accident exacerbated by floating logs. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Their accomplices — played by Garret Dillahunt and Danielle Macdonald, among others — are mostly figures of fun, granted limited personality and motivation, as the film increasingly stages their doomed venture as ragged farce. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

Through serial repetition, role-play, and the oscillation between masculine and feminine visual codes, Stötzer stages gender as something performed rather than possessed. — Elisa R. Linn, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

August 2027 will be the last time that East Lake stages the championship in its four-day, 72-hole format. — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 29 Aug. 2026

For the last decade, Goodheart has also been the producing artistic director of the Elm Shakespeare Company, which stages Shakespeare plays every summer in Edgerton Park on the New Haven/Hamden border. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026

And the International Olympic Committee stages a Youth Olympic Games every four years for those ages 15 to 17. — Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

Just don’t expect anything to be finalized before NBC stages its near-instant replay of Super Bowl LX at Lumen Field. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 July 2026

At the 2024 Olympic Games, Canada used a drone to spy on New Zealand, their opponents in the women’s football group stages. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 22 July 2026