Background

What do we mean by background?

The ground or scenery located behind something. noun

The part of a pictorial representation that appears to be in the distance and that provides relief for the principal objects in the foreground. noun

The general scene or surface against which designs, patterns, or figures are represented or viewed. noun

A position, area, or situation that is not immediately in one's attention or notice. noun

The environment in which programs operate that the user does not engage with directly. noun

The circumstances and events surrounding or leading up to an event or occurrence. noun

A person's experience, training, and education. noun

The cultural or social environment in which a person was brought up or has lived. noun

Subdued music played especially as an accompaniment to dialogue in a dramatic performance. noun

Sound that intrudes on or interferes with an audio recording. noun

Low-level radiation, as from radioactive decay, that exists as part of the natural environment. noun

(on background) For publication but without specific attribution of the source. idiom

(on deep background) For publication without any attribution of the source. idiom

The ground at the back or behind, as opposed to the front; situation in the rear of those objects, considerations, etc., which engage the attention; subordinate or secondary position in contradistinction to principal or important position; place out of sight: used both literally (of physical objects) and figuratively: as, there were mountains in the background; the true reasons for this action were kept in the background. noun

Specifically The part of a picture represented as furthest from the spectator's eye: opposed to foreground. noun

In photography, the plain or decorated screens, properties, etc., placed behind the subject in taking portraits, especially in regular gallery-work, in order to form an appropriate setting in the finished picture. noun

One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.

A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.

Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.

A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).

The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).

A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.

Words that are spelled similarly to background:
background, backgrounds, backgrounded.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word background:
foreground, shaded, color, checks, forwards, acc, style, regular, width, check, tournament, sec, radiation, noise, ncaa, indicates, exhibition, colour, vocalist, yellow, logo, amateur, solid, big, score, white, soundtrack, colors.

Words that rhyme with background:
around, round, ground, sound, compound, bound, profound, pound, confound, wound, found, renowned, turnaround, expound, hound, abound, surround, rebound, mound, underground, redound, astound, inbound, propound, foreground, hidebound, spellbound, impound, newfound, resound, playground, ultrasound, stound, turn around, lb, swound, outbound, aground, merry-go-round, snowbound, unbound, unsound, runaround, greyhound, homebound, get around, earthbound, horehound, fairground, downed, crowned, come around, look around, drowned, go around, campground, dog pound, frowned, battleground, foxhound, unwound, southbound, mess around, afghan hound, walk around, hang around, run around, fool around, basset hound, eastbound, gowned, browned, push around, come round, stick around, play around, common ground, safe and sound, horse around, move around, run aground, westbound, kick around, monkey around, puget sound, towned, gain ground, bring around, get off the ground, revolve around, spin around, breeding ground, tool around, burial mound, roll around, the other way around, putter around, boss around, moon around, flesh wound.

Adjectives that are often used to describe background:
historical, cultural, social, educational, ethnic, dark, white, general, black, theoretical, religious, economic, genetic, common, blue, strong, necessary, class, academic, similar, socioeconomic, red, racial, broad, technical, intellectual, scientific, professional, light, solid, rural, green, rich, european, philosophical, mathematical, extensive, gray, yellow, musical, brief, essential, immediate, useful, excellent, sufficient, literary, bright, psychological, historic, cosmic, urban, adequate, linguistic, family, factual, neutral, plain, colored, occupational, uniform, ideological, mixed, continuous, aristocratic, experiential.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective background:
limited, the, ratio, information, presuppositioning.

Words that sound like background:
background, backgrounds, backgrounder, break ground, backfriend, backhand, back hand, backroad, backend, back road, back end, begrimed, belowground, block grant, back-end, backwind, playground, play ground, high ground, beckoned, battleground, browned, backroom, bookend, big red, battle ground, backbend, beaconed, back room, aboveground, baby grand, background noise, been around, berend, bacon rind, backlund, black currant, bacchante, book end, behrend, boss around, above ground, bacchant, background check, backland, beograd, barend, backband, big hand, black grama, backboned, big end.