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Downplay Moderate

Downplay has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

represent as less significant or important

2

understate the importance or quality of

"he played down his royal ancestry"

3

To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.

Related Terms
Antonyms
exaggerate highlight foreground
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
inform stress
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
trivialize wave off soft-pedal
Rhyming Words
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