Synonyms for de-emphasize
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Verb
1. Downplay
downplay, minimize, minimise UK, underplay, make nothing of, make light of, play down, deprecate, belittle, understate, dial back, soft-pedal, undertone, trivialize, trivialise UK, underestimate
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Definitions
- v. 1
To remove or reduce the emphasis from something; to make something less important; to play down.
Related words
- Other spellings
- de-emphasise deemphasise UK deemphasize
Forms
- Past participle
- de-emphasized
e.g. de-emphasized → downplayed, minimized, underplayed, deprecated…
Example sentences
- minimize I want to minimize the chances of another accident.
- downplay If you try to downplay this, I'm going to walk away.
By length
- 8 letters
- minimize3, minimise, downplay2, belittle3
- 9 letters
- undertone3, deprecate3, underplay3
- 10 letters
- understate3, trivialize4, trivialise
- 13 letters
- underestimate5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (minimize3 = 3 syllables).