Downplay and Highlight

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Downplay

Downplay verb - Understate the importance or quality of.
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Highlight is an antonym for downplay.
Nearby Word: downplaying

Highlight

Highlight verb - Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent.
Usage example: The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics
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Downplay is an antonym for highlight.
Nearby Words: highlighted, highlighting, highlighter
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  • Guy fans argue that Guy/Marian had more chemistry, highlight Robin's faults (arrogance, impatience, immaturity) and downplay Guy's indiscretions (burning Marian's house down, threatening her with execution, dumping his infant son in the woods, killing innocent peasants, among many more).
    Source: Ship To Ship Combat / Live-Action TV
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Highlight and Downplay. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/downplay/highlight
Downplay & Highlight. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/downplay/highlight>.
Highlight or Downplay. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/downplay/highlight.

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