 |
downplay
Overview of verb downplay
The verb downplay has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. understate, minimize, minimise, downplay -- (represent as less significant or important)
2. background, play down, downplay -- (understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry")
Antonyms of verb downplay
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb downplay
2 senses of downplay
Sense 1
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
background, play down, downplay
=> stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
=> express, show, evince
=> convey, impart
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb downplay
2 senses of downplay
Sense 1
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
=> trivialize, trivialise
Sense 2
background, play down, downplay
=> wave off
=> soft-pedal
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb downplay
2 senses of downplay
Sense 1
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
=> inform
Sense 2
background, play down, downplay
=> stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
'Cause To' of verb downplay
Derived Forms of verb downplay
Domain of verb downplay
Domain Terms of verb downplay
Familiarity of verb downplay
downplay used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb downplay
2 senses of downplay
Sense 1
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
background, play down, downplay
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb downplay
2 senses of downplay
Sense 1
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
> inform
=> wise up
=> teach, learn, instruct
=> instruct, apprise, apprize
=> inoculate
=> acquaint
=> warn
=> inform
=> fill in
=> update
=> misinform, mislead
=> understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
=> denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag
=> undeceive
=> warn
=> advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize
=> familiarize, familiarise, acquaint
=> prompt, remind, cue
=> volunteer
=> introduce, present, acquaint
=> regret
=> indicate, point, show
=> indicate
=> indicate, suggest
=> nark
=> explain, explicate
=> tell
=> tell, narrate, recount, recite
=> narrate
=> report, describe, account
=> report
=> report, cover
=> announce, denote
=> disabuse
=> remonstrate, point out
=> testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show
Sense 2
background, play down, downplay
> stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
=> background, play down, downplay
=> bring out, set off
=> re-emphasise, re-emphasize
=> bear down
=> topicalize
=> point up
=> drive home, ram home, press home
=> underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb downplay
Sense 1
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
=> inform
--------------
Sense 2
background, play down, downplay
=> stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
--------------
Grep of verb downplay
downplay
|
|
