Antonyms for demote
dɪˈmoʊtde·mote

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1. demoteverb

   Antonyms:
   promote

2. demoteverb

   Antonyms:
   promote

3. demoteverb

   Antonyms:
   promote

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1. demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairsverb

   assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

   "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"

   Antonyms:
   upgrade, elevate, raise, kick upstairs, advance, promote

   Synonyms:
   crack, bar, give way, violate, break dance, give out, unwrap, fall apart, collapse, die, classify, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, snap off, stop, go, break out, separate, split, give away, damp, smash, happen, knock, interrupt, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, soften, reveal, divulge, pause, let on, get around, bust, wear out, cave in, encounter, break-dance, check, break up, breach, break in, give, split up, chance, better, burst, go bad, break off, disclose, find, erupt, recrudesce, submit, go against, dampen, break down, break away, fall in, bump, let out, conk out, ruin, kick downstairs, part, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, develop, expose, break, banish, discontinue, intermit, dislodge, wear, pass on

How to use demote in a sentence?

1. Pat Toomey:

   Pennsylvania Avenue would be a big mistake to attempt to demote or fire.

2. Donald Trump:

   I have the right to demote him, I have the right to fire him.

3. Morgan Kahmann:

   Facebook uses classifiers in their algorithms to determine certain content… they call it ‘vaccine hesitancy.' And without the user's knowledge, they assign a score to these comments that's called the ‘VH Score,' the ‘Vaccine Hesitancy Score,’ and then based on that score will demote or leave the comment alone depending on the content within the comment.

4. Israel Salanter:

   Promote yourself, but do not demote another.

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