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Meaning of word downplay from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

downplay verb

Meaning : Represent as less significant or important.

Synonyms : minimise, minimize, understate

To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.

Tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery.
amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate

Meaning : Understate the importance or quality of.

Example : He played down his royal ancestry.

Synonyms : background, play down

Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent.

The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics.
foreground, highlight, play up, spotlight

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