Defenition of the word play up

• Defenition of the word play up

  • make itself felt; as of recurring pains
  • ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman"
  • move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
  • move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker''s distinguished career in linguistics"
  • move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
  • ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior

Synonyms for the word play up

• • act up
  • cotton up
  • cozy up
  • foreground
  • highlight
  • shine up
  • sidle up
  • spotlight
  • suck up

Hypernyms for the word play up

• • accent
  • accentuate
  • ache
  • bring out
  • emphasize
  • hurt
  • ingratiate
  • set off
  • smart
  • stress

Antonyms for the word play up

• • background
  • downplay
  • play down

See other words

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  • The definition of merits
  • The interpretation of the word meritocracies
  • What is meant by meritocracy
  • The lexical meaning mindedness
  • The dictionary meaning of the word meriting
  • The grammatical meaning of the word merited
  • Meaning of the word inoculations
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word good point
  • The origin of the word put the accent on
  • Synonym for the word accentuated
  • Antonyms for the word of no value
  • Homonyms for the word accentuates
  • Hyponyms for the word underscored
  • Holonyms for the word manner of speaking
  • Hypernyms for the word providing
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word mindfully
  • Translation of the word in other languages dispensing