- Types Of Speech
- You can use downplay as a verb in a sentence.
- About Downplay
- A 2 syllables verb and 8 letters with the letters a, d, l, n, o, p, w, and y, 6 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters np. Downplay starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, do, dow, down, downp, and the ending characters are y, ay, lay, play, nplay, ..
- Definition
- Understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
- Compound Words
- A compound word, downplay has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are down, and play.
- Pig Latin
- Downplay in Pig Latin is said as "ownplayday or ownplaydway".
- Unigram
- d | o | w | n | p | l | a | y
- Bigram
- do | ow | wn | np | pl | la | ay
- Trigram
- dow | own | wnp | npl | pla | lay
- Quadrigram
- down | ownp | wnpl | npla | play
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- understate the importance or quality of;
"he played down his royal ancestry" - represent as less significant or important
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abate | become less in amount or intensity "The storm abated" "The rain let up after a few hours" |
| Allay | satisfy (thirst) "The cold water quenched his thirst" |
| Alleviate | provide physical relief, as from pain "This pill will relieve your headaches" |
| Appease | make peace with |
| Assuage | provide physical relief, as from pain "This pill will relieve your headaches" |
| Attemper | modify the temperature of "attemper the air" |
| Background | scenery hung at back of stage |
| Ballad | a narrative poem of popular origin |
| Bank The Fire | |
| Bedwarf |
View all cognitive synonyms for Downplay
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Foreground | (computer science) a window for an active application |
| Highlight | an area of lightness in a picture |
| Play Up | |
| Spotlight | a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area used to focus attention of a stage performer |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Downplay | understate the importance or quality of "he played down his royal ancestry" |
View English words with the unique letters used in downplay. Words With The Letters Adlnopwy
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Background | scenery hung at back of stage |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accent | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation |
| Accentuate | put stress on utter with an accent "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" |
| Emphasise | to stress, single out as important "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" |
| Emphasize | to stress, single out as important "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" |
| Punctuate | insert punctuation marks into |
| Stress | the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Soft Pedal | |
| Wave Off |
Downplay Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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