| Underplay 1. (v. i.) To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part. 2. (v. i.) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage. 3. (n.) The act of underplaying. Thesaurus Entries abate, allay, alleviate, assuage, attemper, bank the fire, bedwarf, belittle, blunt, chasten, constrain, control, damp, dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, deprecate, depreciate, detract from, diminish, downplay, dull, dwarf, extenuate, keep within bounds, lay, lenify, lessen, lighten, make light of, make little of, make nothing of, minify, minimize, mitigate, moderate, modulate, obtund, palliate, play down, reduce, reduce the temperature, restrain, set at naught, set little by, slacken, slow down, smother, sober, sober down, soften, stifle, subdue, suppress, tame, temper, think little of, think nothing of, tone down, tune down, weaken |