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. Gary Smith:

   Many parents believe baby walkers offer their children entertainment, promote walking and providing a baby with an activity while the parents are busy doing something else, baby walkers do not promote walking skills. In fact, other studies have demonstrated that baby walkers can transiently delay mental and motor development.

2. Eustace Budgell:

   Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.

3. Nick Loeb:

   I promote all my movies, all my work, but I don't like promoting my private life and I don't understand why this person...I don't want to allow this person to take more advantage of my career and try to promote himself and get press for this.

4. Dee W. Hock:

   Never hire or promote in your own image. It is foolish to replicate your strength and idiotic to replicate your weakness. It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.

5. The Colombian-born actress:

   I've been working very hard for 20 years to get to this point where I am, enjoying my movie, i promote all my movies, all my work, but I don't like promoting my private life and I don't understand why this person...I don't want to allow this person to take more advantage of my career and try to promote himself and get press for this.