setting

setting

noun

Definition of SETTING

1

the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded <the novice camper felt lost outside of his familiar urban setting>

Synonyms ambient, atmosphere, climate, clime, context, contexture, environs, medium, milieu, mise-en-scène, setting, surround, surroundings, terrain

Related Words location, place, position, space; backdrop, background; element; situation, status; geography, habitat; microenvironment

2

the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set <the setting for the novel is Victorian England>

Synonyms background, locale, setting

Related Words backdrop, scenery, set; mise-en-scène, tableau