'play down' definitions:
Definition of 'play down'
(from WordNet)
verb
Understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry" [syn: background, play down, downplay] [ant: foreground, highlight, play up, spotlight]
Synonyms of 'play down'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- bank the fire,
- bedwarf,
- belittle,
- blunt,
- chasten,
- constrain,
- control,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- detract from,
- diminish,
- downplay,
- dull,
- dwarf,
- extenuate,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- minify,
- minimize,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- mute,
- obtund,
- palliate,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- restrain,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- stifle,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- underplay,
- weaken
Words containing 'play down'
- Play,
- Played,
- Played out,
- Playful,
- Playfully,
- Playfulness,
- Playing,
- To play off,
- in play,
- out of play,
- play off,
- play on,
- play out,
- play up,
- play up to,
- Boy's play,
- Child's play,
- Cudgel play,
- Double play,
- Edge play,
- End play,
- Fair Play,
- Match play,
- Medal play,
- Miracle play,
- Moral play,
- Passion play,
- Play actor,
- Play debt,
- Play of colors,
- Play pleasure,
- Playing card,
- Playing cards,
- Puppet play,
- To bring into play,
- To come into play,
- To cut a play,
- To hold in play,
- To mount a play,
- To play booty,
- To play devil with,
- To play dummy,
- To play for love,
- To play hob,
- To play possum,
- To play rex,
- To play the fool,
- To play the mischief,
- To play truant,
- To play upon,
- Wake play,
- baseball play,
- basketball play,
- carillon playing,
- dramatic play,
- draw play,
- football play,
- force play,
- foul play,
- morality play,
- mystery play,
- passing play,
- period of play,
- play a joke on,
- play a trick on,
- play along,
- play around,
- play around with,
- play back,
- play ball,
- play by ear,
- play dumb,
- play false,
- play group,
- play havoc with,
- play hooky,
- play it by ear,
- play list,
- play on words,
- play possum,
- play reading,
- play safe,
- play the game,
- play the market,
- play therapy,
- play tricks,
- play with fire,
- playing area,
- playing field,
- playing period,
- power play,
- running play,
- satyr play,
- shadow play,
- squeeze play,
- stroke play,
- trap play,
- triple play,
- word play,
- A play upon words,
- Fair Play, MO,
- To play at ducks and drakes,
- To play first fiddle,
- To play into a person's hands,
- To play one's cards,
- To play second fiddle,
- card-playing,
- long-play,
- long-playing,
- play-actor,
- play-box,
- safety squeeze play,
- suicide squeeze play,
- To play one's cards well,
- To play pitch and toss with anything,
- To play snow one's cards