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Synonyms for promoting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pruh-moht |
| Phonetic Transcription : prəˈmoʊt |
Top 10 synonyms for promoting Other synonyms for the word promoting
- aggrandize
- aid
- ascend
- assist
- avail
- back
- befriend
- better
- call attention to
- champion
- contribute
- cry
- dignify
- encourage
- endorse
- ennoble
- espouse
- exalt
- favor
- forward
- foster
- further
- get behind
- graduate
- honor
- hype
- improve
- increase
- kick upstairs
- magnify
- move up
- nourish
- nurture
- patronize
- plug
- popularize
- prefer
- propagandize
- publicize
- puff
- push
- push for
- raise
- recommend
- sell
- serve
- skip
- speak for
- speed
- sponsor
- stimulate
- subsidize
- succor
- support
- up
- upgrade
- uphold
- urge
- work for
Définition of promoting
Origin :- late 14c., "to advance (someone) to a higher grade or office," from Old French promoter and directly from Latin promotus, past participle of promovere "move forward, advance; cause to advance, push onward; bring to light, reveal," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + movere "to move" (see move (v.)). General sense of "to further the growth or progress of (anything)" is from 1510s. Related: Promoted; promoting.
- verb help, advance
- verb give a higher position in organization
- He spared no pains in promoting the interests which the State had confided to him.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- It's kind of you to think of promoting me, but this is my place.
- Extract from : « The Lightning Conductor Discovers America » by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
- If you keep on promoting me, I'll arrive first thing you know.
- Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham
- If you take pains to please your employers they will not be backward in promoting you.
- Extract from : « The Way of All Flesh » by Samuel Butler
- And you may rely on it that Fra Girolamo is as firm as a rock on that point of promoting peace.
- Extract from : « Romola » by George Eliot
- This may also be a consideration in promoting the comfort of passengers.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 » by Various
- I have had much satisfaction in recommending and promoting them.
- Extract from : « First History of New Brunswick » by Peter Fisher
- Promoting the advantageous fishery carried on upon the northern coast.
- Extract from : « Report of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations on the Petition of the Honourable Thomas Walpole, Benjamin Franklin, John Sargent, and Samuel Wharton, Esquires, and their Associates » by Great Britain Board of Trade
- Their value consisted in their function of promoting the ends of the reason.
- Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik
- It is this promoting of general conversation which is the backbone of all good talk.
- Extract from : « Conversation » by Mary Greer Conklin
Antonyms for promoting
- belittle
- block
- cease
- conceal
- condemn
- debase
- decrease
- degrade
- delay
- demote
- denounce
- depress
- deprive
- diminish
- disapprove
- discourage
- discredit
- disgrace
- dishonor
- dissuade
- drop
- halt
- handicap
- harm
- hide
- hinder
- humiliate
- hurt
- ignore
- impede
- injure
- lessen
- let down
- lower
- neglect
- obstruct
- oppose
- prevent
- protest
- reject
- repress
- shame
- starve
- stop
- take
- undermine
- weaken
- withhold
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