demote
Meaning of demote
verb
- move (someone) to a lower position or rank, usually as a punishment.
the head of the army was demoted to deputy defence secretary
late 19th century: from de- ‘down’ + a shortened form of promote.
Information about demote
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of demote is: demotes.
- Languages in which demote is used:
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Hyphenation of demote
de-mote
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- demote is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
demote synonyms
Meaning bump:
Meaning reduce to a lower grade, rank, or level of importance:
Meaning remove (someone) from their original social class:
Meaning remove from office suddenly and forcefully:
Meaning cause (someone) to fall from a horse or bicycle:
Meaning remove (a monarch) from power:
Meaning take over the place, position, or role of:
Meaning drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place:
Meaning a person handling payments and receipts in a shop, bank, or business:
Meaning reduce (a sailor) to a lower rank:
Meaning a woman's chest as measured around her breasts:
demote antonyms
Meaning support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of:
Anagrams of demote
Words that rhyme with demote
mote, batamote, camote, wardmote, woodmote, emote, gemote, micklemote, overemote, postremote, preremote, remote, unremote, witenagemote, burghmote, Timote, halimote, swanimote, folkmote, markmote, hallmote, commote, immote, portmanmote, swainmote, swanmote, copromote, locomote, overpromote, prepromote, promote, barmote, smote, thundersmote, unsmote, portmote, strawmote, wymote
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