DE-EMPHASIZE: Meaning and related words - OneLook

Usually means: Reduce the importance or prominence.

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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word de-emphasize:

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de-emphasize: Merriam-Webster
de-emphasize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
de-emphasize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
de-emphasize, de-emphasize: Collins English Dictionary
de-emphasize: Vocabulary.com
de-emphasize: Wordnik
de-emphasize: Wiktionary
de-emphasize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
de-emphasize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
de-emphasize: Infoplease Dictionary
de-emphasize: Dictionary.com
de-emphasize: Rhymezone
de-emphasize: FreeDictionary.org
de-emphasize: Mnemonic Dictionary
de-emphasize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from WordNet (de-emphasize)

▸ verb: reduce the emphasis

Similar:

deemphasize, deëmphasize, deemphasise, downplay, de-emphasise, underemphasize, underemphasise, destress, play down, downtone, more...

Opposite:

emphasize, highlight, accentuate, stress, underscore

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Similar:

deemphasize, deëmphasize, deemphasise, downplay, de-emphasise, underemphasize, underemphasise, destress, play down, downtone, more...

Opposite:

emphasize, highlight, accentuate, stress, underscore

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