Reference and Scene

Reference

Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.

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Scene and reference are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scene" instead a noun "Reference".

Scene noun - The place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set.

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Reference and scene are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reference" instead a noun "Scene".

Nearby Words: scenery, scenic

full	full reference	full scene
particular	particular reference	particular scene
similar	similar reference	similar scene
specific	specific reference	specific scene
Other adjectives: brief, complete, original, single, small, actual, entire, big, little, quick, humorous, early, funny, later, hilarious, last, walking, extended, earlier, aforementioned, throwaway.

This happens once a game in the Summon Night: Swordcraft Story games: random NPCs come into the scene and reference something that would make sense as part of a longer plot but which you don't know about.

Source: Cryptic Background Reference
The " Chris gets raped by a giant demonic fly-wasp hybrid" scene may or may not be a reference to as similar scene from Berserk.

Source: Shout Out / Fan Fiction
The 'pram bouncing down the stairs surrounded by gunfire' scene in The Untouchables was a deliberate reference to a similar scene in The Battleship Potemkin from 1925.

Source: Older Than They Think / Film

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Scene and Reference. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/reference/scene

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