Synonyms for play up
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Princeton's WordNet
foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up(verb)
move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
Synonyms:
cozy up, play up, sidle up, suck up, highlight, cotton up, spotlight, foreground, shine upAntonyms:
background, play down, downplaycozy up, cotton up, shine up, play up, sidle up, suck up(verb)
ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
Synonyms:
soak up, bootlick, sop up, cozy up, highlight, toady, draw, cotton up, shine up, absorb, take in, sidle up, kowtow, spotlight, suck, play up, imbibe, truckle, take up, suck up, foreground, fawn, kotowAntonyms:
play down, downplay, background
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