What are the antonyms for PROMOTE?
- baffle, hobble, conceal, mollify, degrade, cut, confound, hide, expose, counteract, let down, downgrade, ignore, quiet, reject, demote, fetter, reprobate, hurt, disconcert, ban, deprive, decrease, discourage, humiliate, uproot, alleviate, dissuade, arrest, pluck, hinder, snuff, censure, withhold, oppose, depose, mow, disgrace, pacify, block, lower, manacle, fight, still, hay, check, counter, impede, bar, dismiss, mortify, dig, dethrone, compose, denounce, harm, protest, debase, demean, dishonor, unseat, repress, battle, undermine, starve, take, diminish, stop, halt, impeach, stifle, prevent, injure, obstruct, expel, belittle, shame, sink, cast down, shackle, condemn, interdict, interfere, pull, oust, calm, soothe, pick, weaken, disapprove, lessen, depress, discredit, combat, appease, deter, neglect, tranquilize, drop, unmake, handicap, delay, cease, contend.
Synonyms for PROMOTE
- induce,
- open throttle,
- upcast,
- get on good side of,
- make headway,
- stick together,
- excels,
- fibbing,
- hold up one's end,
- Pirated,
- get ready,
- look after,
- calling attention to,
- sticking up,
- lays on,
- open out,
- lied,
- give moral support,
- get act together,
- go like the wind,
- sustain,
- disciplined,
- get past,
- suck up to,
- Disciplining,
- advantaged,
- do a kindness,
- wheedle,
- ridden,
- made the scene,
- assist,
- hard sell,
- come around,
- sticks up,
- prefer,
- pass,
- throw a curve,
- profit by,
- establish,
- making ready,
- four-flush,
- led to,
- innervate,
- do a favor,
- Miscolor,
- watching over,
- Cajoleries,
- manage,
- improve,
- put one's foot down,
- harmonize,
- Untighten,
- coming to terms,
- drew in,
- promulgate,
- plot,
- kick upstairs,
- advocate,
- read the riot act,
- be partial to,
- press for,
- solicit votes,
- opt for,
- stood up for,
- manage to get,
- modelling,
- ask,
- hawking,
- Exerted,
- second,
- settling on,
- play favorites,
- stretched out,
- make it,
- pay for,
- Scored,
- jack,
- commissioner,
- ally,
- made clear,
- advertise,
- spreading out,
- bill as,
- fundraise,
- Pirating,
- set off,
- opting for,
- keep an eye on,
- mousetrap,
- soft-sell,
- Perdure,
- goes forward,
- humanize,
- getting hold of,
- build up,
- called forth,
- machinate,
- Misspeak,
- re-formed,
- keep on truckin',
- Shepherding,
- confirm,
- reap the benefit,
- tipping off,
- Barreling,
- campaign for,
- jives,
- catch on,
- burgle,
- go great guns,
- misquotes,
- press-agent,
- vaccinate,
- playing games,
- covering up,
- fake it,
- speed,
- keyed up,
- make the scene,
- misguide,
- unveiled,
- hold with,
- sell on,
- railroaded,
- Propping,
- Upheld,
- ballyhooing,
- picked up,
- get fat,
- work something out,
- copping,
- cooperate,
- run after,
- sue for,
- pull a wire,
- give snow job,
- bear false witness,
- stuck to,
- Vivificate,
- brace up,
- pick up the tab,
- get hands on,
- pitch,
- Defalcated,
- speeded up,
- Innerving,
- go forth,
- running on,
- draw in,
- devote to,
- hit for,
- opts for,
- work for,
- livens,
- spread around,
- make a connection,
- forgather,
- laid on,
- spreads out,
- make over,
- get next to,
- attended to,
- thump for,
- goes out,
- make money,
- mark down,
- champion,
- stand up for,
- ballyhoo,
- upheave,
- aggrandize,
- go out,
- make clear,
- sped up,
- hype,
- better,
- framed up,
- come to terms,
- Bummed,
- lay on one,
- fan the flames,
- make better,
- Subsidizing,
- Re-form,
- whistle for,
- four flush,
- shot up,
- lining up,
- strong arm,
- fight for,
- tampers with,
- making known,
- goose up,
- shovel,
- re-cover,
- map out,
- jacked,
- watch over,
- bestirs,
- be of advantage,
- misquote,
- grease the wheels,
- make exception,
- put foot down,
- operating,
- defalcates,
- speak up for,
- befriend,
- open up throttle,
- made haste,
- hammer out deal,
- governs,
- misreporting,
- politicking,
- bulling,
- Bumming,
- rise,
- file for,
- Sided,
- do the trick,
- tempt,
- growing up,
- grease wheels,
- continue,
- make a killing,
- steamroll,
- forwarding,
- Spiritualized,
- vivify,
- locked up,
- get around,
- contributed to,
- stood by,
- take under one's wing,
- persist in,
- blueprinted,
- help,
- stay on,
- be in cahoots with,
- twist arm,
- fires up,
- keep the ball rolling,
- cry,
- handle personally,
- made known,
- going all out,
- be good for,
- miscoloring,
- congressed,
- make it big,
- raise,
- stretch out,
- Concerting,
- come with,
- incite,
- forge ahead,
- benefit,
- make known,
- heisting,
- PSYCH,
- locking up,
- lie,
- inducing,
- Titivating,
- latch onto,
- encourage,
- drawing forth,
- put up money,
- Careered,
- put up money fo,
- promotes,
- Justifying,
- put to rights,
- back up,
- Innerve,
- led on,
- getting ready,
- hit up for,
- babysit,
- stood for,
- set stage,
- move up,
- do a service,
- bearing false witness,
- standing up,
- continue ahead,
- expedite,
- goosing,
- learn from,
- arriving at,
- sell one on,
- splash,
- wire,
- boost,
- going forward,
- bench,
- sublimes,
- stood up,
- turn to account,
- Subliming,
- lifts up,
- watch out for,
- circularize,
- mis-report,
- Confederated,
- shoot up,
- push,
- stirring up,
- shape up,
- make capital,
- Massing,
- stretch the truth,
- settle on,
- showcase,
- salting,
- co-operates,
- Misreport,
- put in for,
- live on,
- Evolved,
- made public,
- headlining,
- propagandize,
- get on bandwagon,
- further,
- makes money,
- avail oneself of,
- latch on to,
- wholesaling,
- appealed to,
- lay one,
- endow,
- made easy,
- ram down throat,
- opened out,
- Operated,
- hatch,
- relaxes,
- hand-carry,
- Snowing,
- made ready,
- cultivate,
- cash in on,
- take charge of,
- shooting up,
- cut the red tape,
- Widened,
- Blarneyed,
- puff,
- jump,
- vest in,
- Propone,
- pay off,
- support,
- uncovering,
- trump up,
- jive,
- fix upon,
- put on the map,
- argue for,
- phonies,
- pacifies,
- clean up,
- barreled,
- get a move on,
- get in with,
- come through with,
- wholesales,
- fail,
- up,
- pat on the back,
- stretches out,
- put on its end,
- straightening out,
- honied,
- made better,
- cleaned up,
- push ahead,
- feed,
- ballyhooed,
- foment,
- proclaims,
- in flames,
- lines up,
- making clear,
- showcasing,
- sow the seeds,
- breaking into,
- quarterback,
- contend for,
- put up the money for,
- avail,
- burgling,
- stays on,
- keep at,
- looks after,
- setting off,
- misinterpret,
- hike up,
- would sooner,
- hit on,
- urge,
- exalt,
- buttress,
- stand behind,
- circulate,
- break into,
- open the door,
- stump for,
- throw in with,
- stick for,
- shine to,
- hand-walk,
- take out of context,
- quarterbacks,
- recuperate,
- do service,
- contribute to,
- put across,
- utilize,
- set out,
- pick up,
- make conspicuous,
- herald,
- avail of,
- report,
- quicken,
- subsidize,
- Popularized,
- pulled wire,
- make a pitch,
- fast track,
- get on with it,
- goosed,
- arrived at,
- settled on,
- position,
- break promise,
- put to good use,
- go to town,
- align,
- strengthen,
- titivate,
- passed the word,
- misrepresent,
- triggering,
- Organizing,
- twist one's arm,
- tell a little white lie,
- elevate,
- inspires,
- upgrade,
- gain,
- Loitered,
- fan the fire,
- enriches,
- favor,
- spiritualize,
- patronize,
- dignify,
- minister to,
- wholesale,
- goes on,
- go places,
- graduate,
- making money,
- turn to advantage,
- straightened out,
- pick up the check,
- exert influence,
- plumped for,
- forgathers,
- read riot act,
- fortify,
- provide security,
- call attention to,
- Bestirring,
- psyching,
- lived on,
- Perjured,
- make haste,
- nourish,
- merchandise,
- be in cahoots,
- draft in,
- work out deal,
- unfurled,
- put out a contract,
- move on,
- rally round,
- go back on,
- gather momentum,
- Inoculated,
- rally,
- Snowed,
- react,
- run with the ball,
- stirs up,
- set in order,
- supporting,
- transcends,
- shored up,
- stand in good stead,
- wholesaled,
- deal in,
- Upbear,
- bolster,
- plug,
- facilitates,
- anesthetizes,
- falsify,
- market,
- deals in,
- write up,
- have recourse to,
- nurture,
- collogue,
- do business in,
- goose,
- Overdrawn,
- sticks to,
- put to,
- tout,
- traded,
- stick at,
- pass the word,
- plug for,
- insist on,
- lined up,
- step forward,
- quarterbacking,
- watched over,
- throw in one's lot with,
- get under way,
- pull for,
- running after,
- levered,
- stand up,
- run interference,
- moving onward,
- Cheeses,
- win over,
- going places,
- shot through,
- play up to,
- lighten,
- Bestirred,
- lobby,
- funded,
- get green light,
- working over,
- declare for,
- be turned on to,
- Promoted,
- enthuses,
- let up on,
- make easier,
- livened,
- looked after,
- anesthetize,
- tampered with,
- conspire,
- took charge of,
- solicit,
- Prolonging,
- dispose,
- step on it,
- Schemed,
- pull things together,
- hold to,
- be friends,
- display,
- bring to one's feet,
- anesthetizing,
- boost morale,
- connive,
- bring forward,
- Optate,
- campaigning for,
- send forward,
- overdraw,
- Suscitate,
- Advantaging,
- Valuing,
- abet,
- blow smoke,
- capitalize on,
- soft-soaping,
- put up a front,
- phony up,
- makes better,
- move forward,
- misspoken,
- juicing,
- misinstructed,
- make easy,
- laid bare,
- sponsor,
- Honeying,
- help forward,
- stick up,
- push on,
- jived,
- work out a deal,
- starring,
- cover up,
- blueprinting,
- cleans up,
- hanging in,
- lend a hand,
- speech,
- do for one,
- leading to,
- Overdrawing,
- Maneuvered,
- was untruthful,
- railroading,
- publicize,
- getting around,
- spread out,
- stir up,
- grade,
- profit,
- went fast,
- take care of,
- tipped off,
- place,
- put in a good word for,
- stuck up,
- Copped,
- lay down the law,
- embezzle,
- clear the way,
- co-operated,
- mousetraps,
- unblock,
- jiving,
- see to,
- suck in,
- accessed,
- get with it,
- give rise to,
- behaviour,
- Innerved,
- fill the bill,
- aid,
- be in corner,
- vitalize,
- walk it through,
- fetch up,
- go all out,
- covered up,
- moved up,
- be of use,
- promote,
- vested in,
- tips off,
- moving ahead,
- endorse,
- tampering with,
- resort to,
- call up,
- re-claim,
- lays bare,
- push for,
- soft-soap,
- stimulate,
- call the tune,
- burgled,
- procure,
- sympathize,
- got a move on,
- takes care of,
- appeal to,
- make the most of,
- prime the pump,
- get on soapbox for,
- turn one's head,
- proposal,
- brought forward,
- certify,
- shore up,
- traffic in,
- get results,
- say so,
- got ready,
- holding to,
- spread it on,
- lead to,
- be in action,
- carry forward,
- mark,
- misspeaking,
- stick up for,
- got hold of,
- geared up,
- sow seeds,
- teach,
- shoring up,
- go forward,
- Blarneying,
- hyped,
- Lasted,
- move onward,
- opened the door,
- shine up to,
- lay on,
- getting under way,
- overplay,
- giving rise to,
- levering,
- make willing,
- do one's part,
- give a lift,
- Mothered,
- speaking for,
- benefact,
- profession,
- play games,
- ascend,
- run interference for,
- looking after,
- captain,
- lead on,
- got moving,
- lose no time,
- lay,
- keep on,
- go along with,
- Head-line,
- stick by,
- overpraise,
- cajolery,
- barrelled,
- co-operate,
- subscribed to,
- Hawked,
- lay hands on,
- misinformed,
- hang in,
- make good use of,
- Helped,
- track,
- upheaved,
- produce a result,
- recover,
- set in motion,
- Urged,
- attend to,
- facilitate,
- devote oneself to,
- trigger,
- finance,
- hit up,
- arrive at,
- Educating,
- subscribe to,
- take the part of,
- opening out,
- make much of,
- in spirits,
- mail out,
- fund,
- prevail on,
- puts forward,
- making headway,
- sold on,
- get there,
- heisted,
- take under wing,
- kept an eye on,
- Misinstruct,
- forswear,
- Succoring,
- open doors for,
- attain,
- put up money for,
- engender,
- misspeaks,
- covers up,
- bring to view,
- exerting influence,
- get in bed with,
- seeing through,
- take pains with,
- getting to,
- honor,
- high pressure,
- propones,
- doctor up,
- pull strings,
- would rather,
- gear up,
- salted,
- get moving,
- ride shotgun for,
- framing,
- triggers,
- accessing,
- lend support,
- treat well,
- get hold of,
- affirm,
- revitalize,
- agree with,
- recommend,
- circularized,
- speed up,
- politicks,
- paid for,
- acquire,
- paid off,
- make a pitch for,
- like better,
- locks up,
- gets behind,
- Shepherded,
- see through,
- feature,
- moving forward,
- advertize,
- continue on,
- bestir,
- headlined,
- prop up,
- buy and sell,
- line up,
- stand for,
- humoring,
- steps forward,
- mapping out,
- arrange,
- inform,
- runs up,
- make strides,
- mitigated,
- come on to,
- pass the hat,
- Bulled,
- soft-soaped,
- key up,
- make for,
- take possession of,
- pleading for,
- side with,
- Defalcating,
- succor,
- stick to,
- fib,
- hasten,
- make mouth water,
- make a haul,
- defalcate,
- provoke,
- accelerate,
- politick,
- passing word,
- Grand-stand,
- lever,
- overpraised,
- keep alive,
- press on,
- make public,
- show consideration,
- Nurtured,
- gives rise to,
- enthusing,
- intrigues,
- run with ball,
- scare up,
- co-operating,
- glom onto,
- run on,
- publish,
- setting out,
- grow up,
- railroad,
- put to use,
- showcases,
- turn the corner,
- four-flushing,
- espouse,
- knowledge,
- run up,
- raise dough,
- deselect,
- overpraises,
- come to,
- moved forward,
- dealing in,
- hold out for,
- livening,
- setting in motion,
- go on,
- take one's side,
- work hand in glove,
- lays hands on,
- put up to,
- buy out,
- standing by,
- captaincy,
- anesthetized,
- bring pressure to bear,
- back,
- gets to,
- set on,
- pressing on,
- speak with forked tongue,
- never cease,
- call forth,
- draw forth,
- overstate,
- send through the roof,
- Careering,
- plead for,
- serve,
- popularize,
- put forward,
- pointing up,
- latched onto,
- speak for,
- be untruthful,
- universalize,
- root for,
- buoy,
- Mothering,
- set upright,
- cheesed,
- intrigue,
- stand by,
- Barrelling,
- hum,
- arm-twist,
- uphold,
- talk up,
- overtake,
- speeding up,
- operate,
- devoted to,
- frame up,
- make ready,
- Geese,
- cut along,
- put pressure on,
- grew up,
- rooting for,
- showcased,
- forward,
- forgathering,
- tip off,
- put on act,
- sell,
- went ahead,
- shoot through,
- talk into,
- leads on,
- juiced,
- give a boost,
- spread on,
- provide funds,
- announce,
- move ahead,
- took care of,
- avails oneself of,
- fixed upon,
- smile upon,
- simplify,
- place up,
- step it,
- misreported,
- point up,
- made easier,
- give a leg up,
- sublimed,
- persuasion,
- jack up,
- upheaving,
- plump for,
- Overpraising,
- keep tabs on,
- lift up,
- Furthering,
- setting right,
- Spiritualizing,
- seek friendship,
- buying up,
- jump up,
- fire up,
- perduring,
- credit,
- brief,
- ethicize,
- do out of,
- made good use of,
- go in for,
- perked up,
- Titivated,
- buy up,
- post,
- lifting up,
- rob,
- get behind,
- civilize,
- forgathered,
- made over,
- subserve,
- pamper,
- under-lining,
- foster,
- argue into,
- skip,
- laying on,
- enthuse,
- Humored,
- burgles,
- starred,
- flunk,
- leads to,
- walk through,
- nurse,
- Caballing,
- hammer out a deal,
- lay bare,
- caught on,
- Confederating,
- Succored,
- tamper with,
- misstate,
- create fiction,
- grubstake,
- contribute,
- psychs,
- stirred up,
- do right by,
- make available,
- making public,
- panhandling,
- request,
- get to,
- update,
- calling forth,
- made it,
- giving a boost,
- straighten out,
- accede to,
- gooses,
- laying bare,
- associate with,
- made the most of,
- launch,
- Enroot,
- lock up,
- go fast,
- lifted up,
- give currency,
- sucked in,
- set right,
- advance,
- Misguiding,
- cheese,
- got to,
- broadcast,
- hurry,
- sets in motion,
- ease,
- Caballed,
- draft,
- increase,
- ennoble,
- go with,
- magnify,
- vend,
- unfurls,
- liven,
- give a boost to,
- develop.
Usage Examples for PROMOTE
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He, still resolving to new model the state, bribed the ephors to send him out to war; and won the affections of many others by means of his mother Cratesiclea, who spared no cost and was very zealous to promote her son's ambition; and though of herself she had no inclination to marry, yet for his sake, she accepted, as her husband, one of the chiefest citizens for wealth and power. - "Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans" by Clough, Arthur Hugh
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To promote freedom of inquiry. - "A Grammar of Freethought" by Chapman Cohen
