DOWNPLAYING Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word downplaying. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| belittling | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • a belittling comment • the act of belittling adjective satellite • tending to diminish or disparage | ||||||
| diminishing | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so | ||||||
| discounting | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise • interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan • a refund of some fraction of the amount paid • an amount or percentage deducted verb • bar from attention or consideration • give a reduction in price on | ||||||
| minimizing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
verb • make small or insignificant • represent as less significant or important • cause to seem less serious; play down | ||||||
| trivializing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
verb • make trivial or insignificant | ||||||
| underplaying | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
verb • act (a role) with great restraint • play a card lower than (a held high card) | ||||||
| understating | verb, nounv, n | |||||
verb • represent as less significant or important | ||||||
| undervaluing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
verb • assign too low a value to • esteem lightly • lose in value | ||||||
| understate | verbv | |||||
verb • represent as less significant or important | ||||||
| background | nounn | |||||
noun • a person's social heritage: previous experience or training • the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground • information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem • extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured • relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation • the state of the environment in which a situation exists • (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear • scenery hung at back of stage verb • understate the importance or quality of | ||||||
| minimise | verbv | |||||
verb • represent as less significant or important • make small or insignificant | ||||||
| minimize | verbv | |||||
verb • make small or insignificant • represent as less significant or important • cause to seem less serious; play down | ||||||
| trivialize | verbv | |||||
verb • make trivial or insignificant | ||||||
| play down | verbv | |||||
verb • understate the importance or quality of | ||||||
