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play down
Overview of verb play-down
The verb play down has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. background, play down, downplay -- (understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry")
Antonyms of verb play-down
1 sense of play down
Sense 1
background, play down, downplay
Antonym of play up (Sense 1)
=>foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb play-down
1 sense of play down
Sense 1
background, play down, downplay
=> stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
=> express, show, evince
=> convey, impart
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb play-down
1 sense of play down
Sense 1
background, play down, downplay
=> wave off
=> soft-pedal
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb play-down
1 sense of play down
Sense 1
background, play down, downplay
=> stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
'Cause To' of verb play-down
Derived Forms of verb play-down
Domain of verb play-down
Domain Terms of verb play-down
Familiarity of verb play-down
play down used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb play-down
1 sense of play down
Sense 1
background, play down, downplay
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb play-down
1 sense of play down
Sense 1
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 play-down
Sense 1
background, play down, downplay
=> stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
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