De-emphasize De-emphasize synonyms play down de-emphasize and play down minimize de-emphasize and minimize destress de-emphasize and destress de-emphasise de-emphasize and de-emphasise understate de-emphasize and understate soft-pedal de-emphasize and soft-pedal downplay de-emphasize and downplay reduce de-emphasize and reduce tone down de-emphasize and tone down make light of de-emphasize and make light of Full list of synonyms (78) De-emphasize antonyms emphasize de-emphasize and emphasize sensationalize de-emphasize and sensationalize overplay de-emphasize and overplay overemphasize de-emphasize and overemphasize melodramatize de-emphasize and melodramatize hedge de-emphasize and hedge fudge de-emphasize and fudge stretch de-emphasize and stretch pad de-emphasize and pad magnify de-emphasize and magnify Full list of antonyms (18) Share this picture Share this image Share this picture Share this image