Antonyms for de-mote
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-moht |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmoʊt |
- admire
- agree
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- assume
- attach
- boost
- build up
- cause
- cherish
- clarify
- clear up
- comfort
- commend
- compliment
- delight
- develop
- elevate
- encourage
- endorse
- enhance
- enlarge
- enlighten
- exalt
- expand
- explain
- extend
- fasten
- fix
- flatter
- grow
- heighten
- help
- hide
- hold
- honor
- improve
- increase
- invigorate
- join
- keep
- keep quiet
- laud
- lengthen
- lose
- make happy
- mend
- obey
- open
- order
- overrate
- overvalue
- permit
- please
- praise
- prolong
- promote
- prove
- purify
- put together
- raise
- rate
- release
- remain
- rise
- secret
- secure
- stabilize
- stay
- strengthen
- support
- surrender
- take in
- upgrade
- wait
- welcome
- win
- yield
Definition of de-mote
Origin :- 1881, American English coinage from de- + stem of promote. Said to have been Midwestern in origin.
- Regarding an antithesis to 'promote,' the word universally in use in Cambridge, in Harvard College, is drop. The same word is in use in the leading schools here (Boston). I hope I may be counted every time against such barbarisms as 'demote' and 'retromote.' [Edward Everett Hale, 1892, letter to the publishers of "Funk & Wagnalls' Standard Dictionary"]
- Related: Demoted; demoting.
- As in lower : verb reduce, minimize
- As in reduce : verb humble, humiliate
- As in relegate : verb banish, downgrade
- As in break : verb weaken, cause instability
- As in degrade : verb shame, humiliate
- As in demote : verb downgrade, lower in rank
- As in depose : verb oust from position
- As in downgrade : verb lower in opinion or rank
- As in humble : verb shame, put down
Synonyms for de-mote
- abase
- abash
- abate
- bankrupt
- belittle
- bemean
- bench
- boot out
- bounce
- break
- bring down
- bring low
- bump
- bust
- can
- canker
- cashier
- cast down
- chagrin
- chasten
- cheapen
- chuck
- clip
- confound
- confuse
- confute
- controvert
- corrupt
- cow
- cripple
- crush
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- cut down to size
- cut to the quick
- de-escalate
- debase
- debauch
- declass
- decrease
- decry
- deflate
- degenerate
- degrade
- demean
- demerit
- demoralize
- demote
- denigrate
- deny
- deport
- depose
- deprave
- depreciate
- derogate
- deteriorate
- dethrone
- detract
- detract from
- devalorize
- devaluate
- devalue
- diminish
- disbar
- discomfit
- disconfirm
- discredit
- discrown
- disgrace
- disgrade
- dishonor
- dismiss
- disparage
- dispirit
- displace
- disprove
- disrate
- downgrade
- downsize
- drum out
- eject
- embarrass
- enervate
- enfeeble
- exile
- expatriate
- expel
- expulse
- freeze out
- give heave-ho
- hide
- hold back
- humble
- humiliate
- impair
- impeach
- impoverish
- incapacitate
- injure
- kick downstairs
- kick out
- lag
- lessen
- lower
- make eat dirt
- make one feel small
- mark down
- minimize
- moderate
- mortify
- mudsling
- ostracize
- overcome
- overthrow
- pan
- pare
- pauperize
- pervert
- pop one's balloon
- prune
- pull down
- put away
- put down
- put one away
- put to shame
- rebut
- reduce
- refute
- relegate
- remove
- remove from office
- ride out on rail
- roll back
- ruin
- rule out
- run down
- run out of town
- scale down
- send packing
- set back
- shave
- shoot down
- silence
- sink
- slam
- slash
- snub
- soften
- squash
- squelch
- strike dumb
- subdue
- subvert
- take down
- take down a peg
- tame
- tear down
- throw out
- throw out on ear
- tone down
- transport
- uncrown
- undermine
- undervalue
- unfrock
- unmake
- unseat
- upset
- vitiate
- weaken
- write off
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