Downplay
Downplay verb - To reduce in apparent importance.
Lower and downplay are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lower" instead a verb "Downplay".
Nearby Word: downplaying
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Though in a downplay, he was already an angelic spirit (Maia), while his former master Morgoth was a godlike archangel (Vala) with a lower-case g.
Source: Literature / The Silmarillion
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Lower and Downplay. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/downplay/lower
Downplay & Lower. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/downplay/lower>.
Lower or Downplay. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/downplay/lower.
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