DOWNPLAYING Synonyms

• becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so

• 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

• bar from attention or consideration

• give a reduction in price on

• make small or insignificant

• represent as less significant or important

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• make trivial or insignificant

• act (a role) with great restraint

• play a card lower than (a held high card)

• represent as less significant or important

• assign too low a value to

• esteem lightly

• lose in value

• represent as less significant or important

• 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

• understate the importance or quality of

• represent as less significant or important

• make small or insignificant

• make small or insignificant

• represent as less significant or important

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• make trivial or insignificant

• understate the importance or quality of