vverb.communicationrepresent as less significant or importantSynset:minimise minimize understate
Antonyms:overstate
Derivationally Related Form:understatementminimizationminimumminimisation
Hypernyms:inform
Inherited Hypernyms:understateinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:trivialisetrivialize
Full Troponyms:trivialize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changeunderstate the importance or quality ofSynset:background play down
Examples:- he played down his royal ancestry
Antonyms:play upforeground
Derivationally Related Form:background
Hypernyms:accent accentuate emphasise emphasize punctuate stress
Inherited Hypernyms:backgroundstressexpressconveyimparttellinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:soft-pedalwave off
Full Troponyms:soft-pedalwave off
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something