DOWNPLAY as VERB

1. Meaning
   • understate the importance or quality of
   Synonym(s)
   • background (what does background mean?)
   • play down (what does play down mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he played down his royal ancestry
   Hypernyms(s) downplay is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • stress (what does stress mean?)
   • emphasize (what does emphasize mean?)
   • emphasise (what does emphasise mean?)
   • punctuate (what does punctuate mean?)
   • accent (what does accent mean?)
   • accentuate (what does accentuate mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • foreground (what does foreground mean?)
   • highlight (what does highlight mean?)
   • spotlight (what does spotlight mean?)
   • play up (what does play up mean?)
   • foreground (what does foreground mean?)
   • highlight (what does highlight mean?)
   • spotlight (what does spotlight mean?)
   • play up (what does play up mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • wave off (what does wave off mean?)
   • soft-pedal (what does soft-pedal mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • background (what does background mean?)
2. Meaning
   • represent as less significant or important
   Synonym(s)
   • minimise (what does minimise mean?)
   • minimize (what does minimize mean?)
   • understate (what does understate mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) downplay is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inform (what does inform mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • overstate (what does overstate mean?)
   • exaggerate (what does exaggerate mean?)
   • overdraw (what does overdraw mean?)
   • hyperbolize (what does hyperbolize mean?)
   • hyerbolise (what does hyerbolise mean?)
   • magnify (what does magnify mean?)
   • amplify (what does amplify mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • trivialize (what does trivialize mean?)
   • trivialise (what does trivialise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • minimization (what does minimization mean?)
   • minimisation (what does minimisation mean?)
   • minimum (what does minimum mean?)
   • lower limit (what does lower limit mean?)
   • minimization (what does minimization mean?)
   • minimisation (what does minimisation mean?)
   • minimum (what does minimum mean?)
   • lower limit (what does lower limit mean?)
   • understatement (what does understatement mean?)