Synonyms for Play down:

• n.

  •
  • detract from,
  • downgrade,
  • overshadow,
  • eclipse,
  • lessen.
  •background (noun)
  • background.
  •belittle (noun)
  • hold back,
  • hold-down,
  • restrain.

• v.

  •de-emphasize (verb)
  • under-stating,
  • under stated,
  • under-states,
  • under-stated,
  • under stating,
  • under states,
  • under-state,
  • de emphasize,
  • under state.
  •downplay (verb)
  • attaching little importance to,
  • attaches little importance to,
  • de-valued,
  • makes light of,
  • de valued,
  • giving little weight to,
  • de value,
  • thought nothing of,
  • de-valuing,
  • attached little importance to,
  • making light of,
  • de values,
  • thinks nothing of,
  • thinking nothing of,
  • de-value,
  • de-values,
  • gives little weight to,
  • de valuing,
  • gave little weight to.
  •humiliate (verb)
  • de basing,
  • making a fool of,
  • be-means,
  • de-pressing,
  • dis countenance,
  • de-mean,
  • be-meaning,
  • de-graded,
  • de base,
  • putting out countenance,
  • be mean,
  • de-meaning,
  • dis graced,
  • de-base,
  • dis comfit,
  • makes a fool of,
  • de-grading,
  • shooting down,
  • cuts down to size,
  • de grades,
  • makes ashamed,
  • de-pressed,
  • de pressing,
  • making ashamed,
  • dis honors,
  • puts out countenance,
  • making fool of,
  • make fool of,
  • dis-honored,
  • dis-honors,
  • cutting down to size,
  • made a fool of,
  • makes fool of,
  • bemeaning,
  • de-presses,
  • dis-graces,
  • de press,
  • made fool of,
  • take down peg,
  • dis-gracing,
  • de grade,
  • dis comfits,
  • sub due,
  • de mean,
  • de meaning,
  • dis countenances,
  • bringing low,
  • dis-grace,
  • dis-honor,
  • dis honoring,
  • de means,
  • dis-countenance,
  • dis countenanced,
  • took down a peg,
  • sub dues,
  • sub-due,
  • brings low,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • be meaning,
  • takes down a peg,
  • de-grade,
  • de grading,
  • puts out of countenance,
  • sub-dues,
  • taking down a peg,
  • de-means,
  • bemeans,
  • be means,
  • dis-comfits,
  • taking down peg,
  • de based,
  • be-mean,
  • put out countenance,
  • casts down,
  • dis honored,
  • de-grades,
  • de pressed,
  • dis graces,
  • put shame,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • de-based,
  • dis-comfit,
  • dis honor,
  • dis gracing,
  • cutting down size,
  • de-press,
  • de-basing,
  • de presses,
  • putting out of countenance,
  • de graded,
  • dis-graced,
  • shoots down,
  • took down peg,
  • dis-countenances,
  • dis grace,
  • cuts down size,
  • cut down size,
  • takes down peg,
  • dis-honoring,
  • dis countenancing.
  •minimize (verb)
  • cutting rate,
  • made little of,
  • re-duces,
  • cuts rate,
  • under played,
  • de-cries,
  • de-creased,
  • under-play,
  • under plays,
  • re-duce,
  • dis-counting,
  • be-littles,
  • dis-counted,
  • dis counts,
  • de tract,
  • de creased,
  • under-estimated,
  • de-creases,
  • poor-mouthed,
  • de cried,
  • under estimates,
  • under-playing,
  • making little of,
  • poor-mouthing,
  • de-crease,
  • poor-mouths,
  • dis counted,
  • de-cried,
  • de-creasing,
  • makes little of,
  • poor mouthed,
  • de-cry,
  • miniaturizing,
  • under estimated,
  • de creases,
  • de cries,
  • under-plays,
  • re duces,
  • de cry,
  • de tracts,
  • poor mouths,
  • under play,
  • de crease,
  • poormouths,
  • under playing,
  • de-tracts,
  • de-tract,
  • poormouthing,
  • be littles,
  • de creasing,
  • poor mouthing,
  • de crying,
  • dis counting,
  • dis-counts,
  • re duce,
  • under estimating,
  • be-little,
  • under-estimating,
  • poormouthed,
  • under estimate,
  • de-crying,
  • under-played,
  • under-estimate.
  •moderate (verb)
  • sub-sides,
  • re-presses,
  • de cline,
  • eased off,
  • cools out,
  • dieing down,
  • de-cline,
  • softpedal,
  • sub sides,
  • re pressed,
  • sub sided,
  • re pressing,
  • re-pressing,
  • met halfway,
  • de clines,
  • eases off,
  • cooling out,
  • sub side,
  • cooled out,
  • de-clines,
  • re press,
  • re presses.
  •pooh-pooh (verb)
  • waves aside,
  • dis-regard,
  • scoffs at,
  • poohpooh,
  • dis regarded,
  • dis-regarding,
  • dis regards,
  • re-buffs,
  • re-buffing,
  • re-buffed,
  • waving aside,
  • re buffs,
  • dis regarding,
  • dis-regarded,
  • scoffing at,
  • re buffed,
  • treats with contempt,
  • sneers at,
  • sneered at,
  • dis regard,
  • treated with contempt,
  • dis-regards,
  • treating with contempt,
  • sneering at,
  • re buffing,
  • waved aside,
  • re buff.
  •pretend as if something were unimportant (verb)
  • soft-pedal.
  •tone down (verb)
  • re-strains,
  • re straining,
  • re strain,
  • re-strained,
  • re strained,
  • re-straining,
  • re-strain,
  • re strains.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • trivialize,
  • derogate from,
  • soft pedal.
  •
  • whitewash,
  • depreciate.
  •
  • dwarf.
  •de-emphasize
  • deemphasize,
  • understated.
  •dismiss
  • pooh-pooh.
  •downplay
  • make light of,
  • made light of,
  • think nothing of,
  • attach little importance to,
  • whitewashed,
  • give little weight to.
  •moderate
  • downed,
  • easing off,
  • dying down,
  • tone down,
  • cool out,
  • downing,
  • died down,
  • ease off,
  • die down,
  • Downs,
  • dies down.
  •pooh-pooh
  • treat with contempt,
  • wave aside,
  • scoffed at,
  • sneer at,
  • pooh pooh.
  •tone down
  • sobering,
  • sobers,
  • Sobered.
  •Other relevant words:
  • keep within bounds,
  • subdue,
  • extenuate,
  • soften,
  • lay,
  • belittle,
  • decry,
  • constrain,
  • dismiss,
  • sober,
  • rationalize,
  • write,
  • deride,
  • slight,
  • derogate,
  • detract,
  • damp,
  • bank the fire,
  • disparage,
  • diminish,
  • attemper,
  • denigrate,
  • undervalue,
  • slacken,
  • lighten,
  • gloss over,
  • sugar-coat,
  • palliate,
  • conceal,
  • Vilipend,
  • lenify,
  • dampen,
  • modulate,
  • set at naught,
  • suppress,
  • talk down,
  • tune down,
  • dull,
  • discredit,
  • qualify,
  • scorn,
  • understate,
  • Misprize,
  • temper,
  • mitigate,
  • mute,
  • beggar,
  • reduce the temperature,
  • chasten,
  • devaluate,
  • minify,
  • allay,
  • hide,
  • criticize,
  • underrate,
  • smother,
  • scoff at,
  • Misprise,
  • control,
  • camouflage,
  • deaden,
  • cover up,
  • deprecate,
  • excuse,
  • Bedwarf,
  • assuage,
  • reduce,
  • underestimate,
  • slow down,
  • blunt,
  • alleviate,
  • laugh off,
  • weaken,
  • degrade,
  • think little of,
  • devalue,
  • stifle,
  • tame,
  • abate,
  • obtund.

Antonyms for Play down:

• v.

  • pretend as if something were unimportant
    play up, blow up, build up, explode.
  • Other antonyms:
    stretch, exalt, overdraw, favor, overstate, extol, overemphasize, magnify, praise, fudge, sanction, spotlight, embroider, overdo, embellish, approve, foreground, elaborate, overplay, recommend, countenance, highlight, acclaim, compliment, commend, hedge, endorse, applaud, eulogize, pad, glorify, sensationalize, laud.