Antonyms for demote
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-moht |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmoʊt |
Definition of demote
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.
- verb downgrade, lower in rank
- Billy Kasker wandered off for a few moments and I had to demote him.
- Extract from : « Be It Ever Thus » by Robert Moore Williams
Synonyms for demote
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