| Verb | 1. | upstage - treat snobbishly, put in one's placedo by, treat, handle - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" | |
| 2. | upstage - move (another actor) upstage, forcing him to turn away from the audiencemove, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" | |
| 3. | upstage - steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"outshine - attract more attention and praise than others; "This film outshone all the others in quality" | |
| Adj. | 1. | upstage - of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience" | |
| 2. | upstage - remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"reserved - marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West | |
| Adv. | 1. | upstage - at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage"downstage - at or toward the front of the stage; "the actors moved further and further downstage" | |