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1. background
noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] a person's social heritage: previous experience or training.
Synonyms
- inheritance
Antonyms
- regularity
- comprehensibility
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Rhymes with Background Knowledge
- acknowledge
- college
- colledge
Sentences with background-knowledge
1. Noun Phrase
With some background knowledge, you can pare down your packing list for a hassle-free vacation.
2. background
noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem.
Synonyms
- background knowledge
Antonyms
- nonintervention
- order
3. background
noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground.
Synonyms
- prospect
- view
- vista
- aspect
- ground
- panorama
Antonyms
- uncover
- antecedent
- absent
- free
4. background
noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured.
Synonyms
- ground noise
- background radiation
- background signal
- background noise
- interference
- disturbance
Antonyms
- aspect
- highlight
- play up
- set off
5. background
noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation.
Synonyms
- co-occurrence
- attendant
- accompaniment
Antonyms
- scene
- panorama
- prospect
- view
6. background
noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] the state of the environment in which a situation exists.
Synonyms
- setting
- canvas
- show window
- environment
- canvass
- scope
Antonyms
- spotlight
- screen
- CRT screen
- window
7. background
verb. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] understate the importance or quality of.
Synonyms
- accentuate
- punctuate
- accent
- wave off
- emphasize
- downplay
- play down
- soft-pedal
- emphasise
Antonyms
- foreground
8. background
noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] scenery hung at back of stage.
Synonyms
- scene
- backdrop
- scenery
Antonyms
- overstate
- unbelief
- esteem
- respect
9. background
noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear.
Synonyms
- screen background
- screen
- CRT screen
Antonyms
- disrespect
- disesteem
- disconnect
- unfasten
10. knowledge
noun. ['ˈnɑːlədʒ, ˈnɑːlɪdʒ'] the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning.
Synonyms
- episteme
- unconscious process
- equivalent
- head
- mental process
- perception
- public knowledge
- mind
- process
- cognitive content
- mental attitude
- cognitive operation
- mental lexicon
- place
- structure
- nous
- power
- information
- operation
- lexicon
- mental object
- inability
- practice
- cognitive process
- history
- brain
- attitude
- content
- psyche
- ability
- general knowledge
- cognition
- cognitive factor
- psychological feature
- vocabulary
- lexis
Antonyms
- ability
- unequal
- undock
- follower
Etymology
- knowleche (Middle English (1100-1500))