All overemphasize antonyms

verb overemphasize

• abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
• compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
• condense — If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
• contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
• curtail — If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• lessen — to become less.
• lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• shorten — to make short or shorter.
• shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
• simplify — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• play down — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
• deprecate — If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
• depreciate — If something such as a currency depreciates or if something depreciates it, it loses some of its original value.
• minimize — to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
• understate — to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.
• miniaturize — to make in extremely small size in order to keep volume or weight to a minimum: to miniaturize electronic equipment.
• weaken — to make weak or weaker.