Deemphasize synonyms | verbs

Synonyms for Deemphasize as a Verb

• play down

  minimize, place less emphasis
• lessen

  minimize
• soften

  minimize, pretend as if something were unimportant
• mute

  pretend as if something were unimportant
• minimize

  pretend as if something were unimportant, place less emphasis
• soft-pedal

  pretend as if something were unimportant
• belittle

  pretend as if something were unimportant
• underplay
• gloss over
• whitewash

  minimize
• devalue

  minimize
• attach little importance to
• give little weight to
• make light of
• think nothing of
• hold back
• restrain
• underrate
• make little of
• understate

  place less emphasis
• attenuate
• reduce
• loosen
• weaken
• relax
• de-emphasise
• destress
• downplay
• minimise
• tone down
• moderate
• modulate
• give a lower profile
• talk down
• underestimate
• undervalue
• dismiss
• underemphasize
• curtail
• decrease
• diminish
• abbreviate
• cheapen
• decry
• deprecate
• depreciate
• derogate
• detract
• discount
• disparage