demote[verb]Synonyms: downgrade, degrade, kick downstairs
(slang), lower in rank, relegate
Antonyms: promote
Related Words: demean,
lower [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
de‧mote /dɪˈməʊt $ -ˈmoʊt/
verb [transitive usually in passive][
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: de- + promote]
to make someone’s rank or position lower or less important
Antonym : promote:
The sergeant was demoted to private.—demotion /-ˈməʊʃ
ən $ -ˈmoʊ-/
noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲