Antonyms 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

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

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

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. 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, break

   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

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"

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

   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

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"

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

   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

4. promoteverb

   be changed for a superior chess or checker piece

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

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

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

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

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

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1. promoteverb

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

How to use promote in a sentence?

1. Premier Li Keqiang:

   The Chinese government has no intention to promote exports through currency depreciation, nor it will launch a trade war.

2. Gregory Knell:

   There is not one silver bullet to overcoming the physical inactivity epidemic, our cities, neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, entertainment venues and transportation systems have all been designed to promote physical inactivity.

3. Campo Fraile:

   This project […] will promote tourism to the place where thousands of people were saved when fleeing the horrors of war, and where various channels of espionage helped the allies to victory.

4. Nicolas Rivron:

   What we did is, for the first time, we managed to promote the self-organization of stem cells into a very early embryo in a dish -- so everything happened in the lab.

5. Fumio Kishida:

   The core of a virtuous economic cycle lies in wage growth, and must be realized at all costs. Companies must generate profits and then properly distribute them to workers, consumption will grow, business investment will grow and further promote economic growth.

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