backdrop

About 1.94 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
2. noun An image that serves as a visual background.
3. noun The setting or background of an acted performance.
4. noun Any background situation.

   Against a backdrop of falling interest rates, the new savings account is looking less appealing.

5. verb To serve as a backdrop for.

   a brilliant sunset backdropping the famous skyline

Similar words

backcloth background scene setting arena scenario context picture vista perspective

Often followed by

of for to against that and in is was

Word family

backdropped backdropping backdrops