downplay

Other forms of downplay

past tense

downplayed·

present participle

downplaying·

third person

downplays·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about downplay

What does downplay mean?

downplay means "represent as less significant or important". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in downplay?

downplay has 2 syllables: down-play. The stress falls on "down". In IPA it is /ˈdaʊnˌpleɪ/.

What is another word for downplay?

Close synonyms include understate, minimize, minimise, background, play down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is downplay a common word?

downplay is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with downplay?

8 words rhyme with downplay. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.