Background and Locale

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Background

Background noun - The place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set.
Usage example: the background of that movie is the World War II era
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Locale is a synonym for background. In some cases you can use "Locale" instead a noun "Background".
Nearby Words: backing, backdrop, backgrounder, backgrounding

Locale

Locale noun - The place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set.
Usage example: the movie's locale is ambiguous, though the architecture and dress are suggestive of 19th-century Europe
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Synonyms for Locale
Background is a synonym for locale in position topic. You can use "Background" instead a noun "Locale".
Nearby Words: local, location, locality, localize, localise

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similar similar background similar locale
common common background common locale
complex complex background complex locale
original original background original locale
Other adjectives: single, actual, entire, real, distant, main, new, unusual, different.

Both words in one sentence

  • Minority Report: The logo and background appear to be placed in an underwater locale.
    Source: Logo Joke / 20th Century Fox
  • Mission Control: Most of the international missions have an active agent pared with an agent at home by Hidden Wire who gives them advice and background on the locale.
    Source: Website / Fin Fur And Feather Bureau Of Investigation
  • Space Western The announcement trailer channelled the Western landscape by starting on a desert planet that could easily be mistaken for a locale in Arizona or Nevada if not for the faint Alien Sky in the background, all set to "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" by Johnny Cash.
    Source: Space Western
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Locale and Background. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/background/locale
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Locale or Background. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/background/locale.

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