DOWNPLAYING Antonyms

• the act of giving special importance or significance to something

• tending to exalt

• an area of lightness in a picture

• add details to

• to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

• do something to an excessive degree

• praise, glorify, or honor

• bestow glory upon

• elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

• cause to seem more splendid

• exaggerate or make bigger

• fill with gas or air

• cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit

• increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value

• become inflated

• increase in size, volume or significance

• to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

• make large

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

• be changed for a superior chess or checker piece

• change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent