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Synonyms for demote
dɪˈmoʊtde·mote
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
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 onAntonyms:
upgrade, elevate, raise, kick upstairs, advance, promote
Editors Contribution
derankverb
verb derank (deranks, present participle deranking; simple past and past participle deranked) (linguistics) to inflect into a form that cannot be used in independent declarative clauses. in normal english speech one usually deranks "he should go" to "to go", as in "i told him where to go." (military) to strip of rank; demote. (more generally) to demote; to give a lower position within a hierarchy. (video games) to lower or remove achievements and skill level. to lower or remove an official ranking or accreditation. to lower the status or importance of demotion or derated works as it's the same verb but for different and limited applications
i deranked so as to help boost my lower ranked friend's rank in a game
Submitted by singhamshiva42 on April 16, 2022
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "demote":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#100 | find | |
#123 | go | |
#207 | part | |
#272 | check | |
#495 | better | |
#555 | give | |
#868 | submit | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1042 | bar | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1618 | break | |
#1763 | die | |
#1885 | chance | |
#2228 | separate | |
#2636 | fail | |
#2664 | wear | |
#2877 | happen | |
#2995 | discover | |
#3684 | split | |
#4224 | crack | |
#5672 | founder | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#7124 | reveal | |
#7693 | encounter | |
#9001 | breach | |
#9419 | disclose | |
#9810 | knock | |
#9876 | burst | |
#9954 | unwrap | |
#10588 | bump | |
#10611 | pause | |
#10713 | bust | |
#11185 | degradation | |
#11623 | interrupt | |
#12366 | expose | |
#12746 | violate | |
#13346 | smash | |
#14164 | ruin | |
#14595 | fracture | |
#18220 | damp | |
#19166 | classify | |
#21898 | bankrupt | |
#22808 | discontinue | |
#23039 | offend | |
#25411 | weaken | |
#28860 | degrade | |
#30385 | soften | |
#38479 | downgrade | |
#42688 | divulge | |
#50455 | banish | |
#51445 | dampen | |
#53129 | erupt | |
#77208 | dislodge | |
#98708 | transgress | |
#108826 | demote | |
#109510 | relegate | |
#318728 | intermit |
How to use demote in a sentence?
Pennsylvania Avenue would be a big mistake to attempt to demote or fire.
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.
I have the right to demote him, I have the right to fire him.
Promote yourself, but do not demote another.
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