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Antonyms for promote
prəˈmoʊtpro·mote
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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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promote, advance, boost, further, encourageverb
contribute to the progress or growth of
"I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
Antonyms:
kick downstairs, bump, relegate, demote, breakSynonyms:
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 aheadpromote, 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"
Antonyms:
break, relegate, bump, demote, kick downstairsSynonyms:
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, heightenadvertise, 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"
Antonyms:
demote, relegate, break, bump, kick downstairsSynonyms:
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, laborpromoteverb
be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
Antonyms:
break, relegate, demote, bump, kick downstairsSynonyms:
push, advance, advertise, upgrade, raise, elevate, advertize, boost, kick upstairs, further, encouragepromoteverb
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
Antonyms:
demote, kick downstairs, relegate, break, bumpSynonyms:
push, advance, advertise, upgrade, raise, elevate, advertize, boost, kick upstairs, further, encourage
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How to use promote in a sentence?
There is no reason to think that I will do anything but stay in that effort, to promote conservative ideas for the next 20 or 30 years.
I’m working really hard to promote my favorite sport here in Ukraine, and I’m proud that we have a lot of new fans here.
I am proud of it now, but at the time I certainly didn’t know it was going to be that big of a deal, we just saw it as an opportunity to promote the current show. The result was very positive, so I did it again. I honestly can’t offer a comment on any others who have participated since then… I never had time to watch. [But] those who are tapped to do the halftime show are very lucky and part of a very exclusive club… which I suppose makes me the matriarch.
Under the The Biden administration, The United States will continue The Biden administration longstanding policy of opposing one-sided resolutions and other actions in international bodies that unfairly single out Israel, the United States will also work to promote Israel’s standing and participation in United Nations bodies and other international organizations.
I'm not trying to promote misinformation, I'm not trying to be controversial, i've never tried to do anything with this podcast other than to just talk to people.
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