Synonyms for promote
prəˈmoʊtpro·mote

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1. promoteverb

   To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.

   Antonyms:
   oppose, denigrate

2. promoteverb

   Antonyms:
   demote

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1. promote

   To promote (Latin pro, forward, and moveo, move) is to cause to move forward toward some desired end or to raise to some higher position, rank, or dignity. We promote a person by advancing, elevating, or exalting him to a higher position or dignity. A person promotes a scheme or an enterprise which others have projected or begun, and which he encourages, forwards, furthers, pushes, or urges on, especially when he acts as the agent of the prime movers and supporters of the enterprise. One who excites a quarrel originates it; to promote a quarrel is strictly to foment and urge it on, the one who promotes keeping himself in the background. Compare ABET; QUICKEN.

   See synonyms for ABASE; ALLAY.

   Synonyms:
   advance, aid, assist, elevate, encourage, exalt, excite, foment, forward, foster, further, help, prefer, push, push on, raise, urge forward, urge on

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1. promote

   Synonyms:
   aid, further, advance, excite, exalt, raise, elevate, prefer

   Antonyms:
   discourage, repress, hinder, check, allay, depress, degrade, dishonor

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1. promote, advance, boost, further, encourageverb

   contribute to the progress or growth of

   "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, supercharge, bring forward, come along, pass on, get along, win, elevate, kick upstairs, progress, advertize, come on, make headway, advance, upgrade, encourage, hike, hike up, gain, pull ahead, foster, boost, go on, gain ground, raise, advertise, move on, get on, shape up, further, push, set ahead, march on, get ahead

   Antonyms:
   kick downstairs, bump, relegate, demote, break

2. promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevateverb

   give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

   "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, kindle, supercharge, erect, arouse, put forward, leaven, bring forward, come along, pass on, provoke, get along, win, parent, elevate, kick upstairs, recruit, upraise, progress, advertize, come on, stir, make headway, call down, advance, conjure, lift, elicit, upgrade, farm, encourage, further, gain, bring up, pull ahead, set up, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, prove, boost, go on, gain ground, invoke, raise, advertise, move on, get on, get up, produce, call forth, put up, grow, shape up, fire, evoke, rear, push, set ahead, march on, enhance, enkindle, get ahead, heighten

   Antonyms:
   break, relegate, bump, demote, kick downstairs

3. advertise, advertize, promote, pushverb

   make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

   "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"

   Synonyms:
   publicise, tug, agitate, force, boost, crusade, drive, advertise, encourage, upgrade, campaign, elevate, further, labour, kick upstairs, advance, crowd, publicize, press, bear on, raise, advertize, push, fight, labor

   Antonyms:
   demote, relegate, break, bump, kick downstairs

4. promoteverb

   be changed for a superior chess or checker piece

   Synonyms:
   push, advance, advertise, upgrade, raise, elevate, advertize, boost, kick upstairs, further, encourage

   Antonyms:
   break, relegate, demote, bump, kick downstairs

5. promoteverb

   change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent

   Synonyms:
   push, advance, advertise, upgrade, raise, elevate, advertize, boost, kick upstairs, further, encourage

   Antonyms:
   demote, kick downstairs, relegate, break, bump

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1. forward

   she promotes the ideal of minimalism by organizing some workshops during weekends.

   Submitted by marinahalim on June 1, 2020  

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1. promoteverb

   Synonyms:
   forward, advance, further, encourage, help, assist

2. promoteverb

   Synonyms:
   elevate, exalt, raise, prefer

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1. promoteverb

   Synonyms:
   advance, forward, exalt, elevate, raise, aggrandize, brevet

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1. List of paraphrases for "promote":

   promoting, promotion, foster, encourage, fostering, promoted, advance, facilitate, enhance, stimulate, encouraging, boost, furthering, advancement, enhancing, favour, promotes, advocate, strengthen, support, advancing, strengthening, facilitating, encouraged, promotional, encourages, push, contribute, promouvoir, furtherance, encouragement, nurture, build

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1. Executive James Sutherland:

   Our thanks go to Channel Nine, who for more than 40 years has broadcast international cricket at a world-renowned standard – and in so doing has done more to promote our sport than any organisation in Australian cricket history.

2. Andreessen Horowitz:

   We were determined to be the best place for technical founders to learn how to be CEO, we did not promote general partners from within.

3. Alliance Defending Freedom:

   The government should never force creative professionals to promote a message or cause with which they disagree. That is quintessential free speech and artistic freedom.

4. Cheng Jing:

   First, we have to be sure that our services can make money, if these services can also promote Ali's relationship with the government then that's a good thing.

5. Jeremy Morris:

   Their real agenda is to attack Christians, this is about hostility towards people of faith. I have certain religious beliefs that I hold dear to my heart. We wanted to help people in the community and promote Christmas as the Christian holiday it’s always been.