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Synonyms for downplay
ˈdaʊnˌpleɪdown·play
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Princeton's WordNet
understate, minimize, minimise, downplayverb
represent as less significant or important
Synonyms:
belittle, denigrate, play down, understate, minimise, minimize, derogate, backgroundbackground, play down, downplayverb
understate the importance or quality of
"he played down his royal ancestry"
Synonyms:
minimize, play down, background, understate, minimise
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "downplay":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1583 | background | |
#7843 | minimize | |
#20312 | minimise | |
#28222 | underestimate | |
#69070 | downplay | |
#74328 | belittle | |
#86920 | denigrate | |
#96978 | understate | |
#144647 | derogate |
How to use downplay in a sentence?
I thought it was important for me to clarify the unfortunate remarks I made earlier, in no way did I intend to downplay the seriousness of this situation or the tragedy of that night.
Last week's carefully managed rollout was designed to downplay the plans of a massive intrusion in the Internet economy ... . I have now read the 332-page plan. It is worse than I had imagined.
Many countries expressed a desire to downplay the US-China confrontation in the IPEF, and that is the main reason why Taiwan was not invited to attend the launch ceremony, some countries pointed out that Taiwan's inclusion would boost [ the IPEF's ] efficiency, but there were also worries that China would view these countries as choosing a side.
The claims about men's greater interest in sex... are laughable, a contemporary teenager could explain to the author how and why men make greater claims about their sexual interests and experiences and women downplay theirs.
There's no reason to downplay what I did. It matters and please know I'm carefully choosing my next steps in repair.
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