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stagecraft

[steyj-kraft, -krahft] / ˈsteɪdʒˌkræft, -ˌkrɑft /
NOUN
acting
Synonyms
STRONG
assuming characterization depiction dramatics dramatizing enacting enactment feigning hamming histrionics imitating imitation impersonation improvisation mime mimicry pantomime performance playing portrayal portraying posing posturing pretending pretense putting rendition seeming simulating stooging theatre theatricals
WEAK
play acting showing off
NOUN
drama
Synonyms
STRONGEST
comedy farce melodrama play production scene show theater tragedy
STRONG
Broadway boards climax dramatization dramaturgy footlights showmanship theatricals vehicle
WEAK
dramatic art histrionic art show business stage show tear-jerker thespian art
Antonyms
STRONGEST
tragedy
WEAK
comedy
NOUN
melodramatics
Synonyms
WEAK
acting dramatics histrionics theatrical
NOUN
staginess
Synonyms
STRONG
acting exhibitionism histrionics theatricality
WEAK
theatricalness theatrics
NOUN
theatricalism
Synonyms
WEAK
acting exhibitionism histrionics staginess theatricality theatricalness theatrics
NOUN
theatricality
Synonyms
STRONG
acting exhibitionism histrionics staginess
WEAK
theatricalness theatrics
NOUN
theatricalness
Synonyms
WEAK
acting exhibitionism histrionics staginess theatricality theatrics
NOUN
theatrics
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dramatics histrionics
WEAK
acting melodramatics theatricality

Example Sentences

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Performance and illusion are recurring themes: A woman is sawed in half in a depiction of classic stagecraft; elsewhere a juggler manipulates ovoids that each contain an everyday vignette.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Renowned for its star-studded line-ups and spectacular stagecraft, Tomorrowland's home edition in Belgium's Boom is a bucket list item for many hardcore ravers.

From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025

There were moments of Travis Scott’s Saturday night closing set that were some of the most astounding pieces of stagecraft we saw at Coachella.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

It was stagecraft and statecraft combined in a single moment, neatly pitched for the scenario the prime minister found himself in.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2025

“Your father has a knack for stagecraft, I think!”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.