list of synonyms of word downplay

• understate
• minimize
• minimise
• inform (generic term)
• overstate (antonym)

• background
• play down
• stress (generic term)
• emphasize (generic term)
• emphasise (generic term)
• punctuate (generic term)
• accent (generic term)
• accentuate (generic term)
• play up (antonym)
• foreground (antonym)