All background synonyms
back·ground
B b noun background
- training — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- practice — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- upbringing — the care and training of young children or a particular type of such care and training: His religious upbringing fitted him to be a missionary.
- culture — Culture consists of activities such as the arts and philosophy, which are considered to be important for the development of civilization and of people's minds.
- qualification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
- education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- tradition — the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice: a story that has come down to us by popular tradition.
- backdrop — A backdrop is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.
- history — the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
- atmosphere — A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.
- acquirement — an acquiring or being acquired
- capacity — The capacity of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as litres or gallons.
- framework — a skeletal structure designed to support or enclose something.
- seasoning — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- attainment — The attainment of an aim is the achieving of it.
- actions — an independent agency created in 1971 to administer domestic volunteer programs.
- preparation — a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
- cultivation — the planting, tending, improving, or harvesting of crops or plants
- aura — An aura is a quality or feeling that seems to surround a person or place or to come from them.
- credentials — Someone's credentials are their previous achievements, training, and general background, which indicate that they are qualified to do something.
- breeding — If someone says that a person has breeding, they mean that they think the person is from a good social background and has good manners.
- rearing — to take care of and support up to maturity: to rear a child.
- grounding — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- circumstances — someone's financial situation
- family — the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family.
- social class — a broad group in society having common economic, cultural, or political status.
- practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- accomplishments — Plural form of accomplishment.
- setting — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- milieu — surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature: a snobbish milieu.
- surroundings — something that surrounds.
- conditions — external or existing circumstances
- locale — a place or locality, especially with reference to events or circumstances connected with it: to move to a warmer locale.
- set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
adjective background
- contextual — A contextual issue or account relates to the context of something.
- related — associated; connected.
- circumstantial — Circumstantial evidence is evidence that makes it seem likely that something happened, but does not prove it.