DEMOTE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DEMOTE?

Need another word that means the same as “demote”? Find 11 synonyms and 30 related words for “demote” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Demote” are: break, bump, kick downstairs, relegate, downgrade, declass, move down, lower in rank, reduce in rank, strip of rank, reduce to the ranks

Demote as a Verb

Definitions of "Demote" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “demote” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.
• Move (someone) to a lower position or rank, usually as a punishment.

Synonyms of "Demote" as a verb (11 Words)

break	Become fractured break or crack on the surface only. This play will either make or break the playwright.
bump	In a race gain a bump against. She bumped her head on the sink.
declass	Remove (someone) from their original social class. Declassed millworkers.
downgrade	Reduce to a lower grade, rank, or level of importance. Some jobs had gradually been downgraded from skilled to semi skilled.
kick downstairs	Make a goal.
lower in rank	Set lower.
move down	Have a turn; make one’s move in a game.
reduce in rank	Be the essential element.
reduce to the ranks	Be cooked until very little liquid is left.
relegate	Assign an inferior rank or position to. United were relegated to division two.
strip of rank	Remove the surface from.

Usage Examples of "Demote" as a verb

• The head of the army was demoted to deputy defence secretary.
• She was demoted because she always speaks up.

Associations of "Demote" (30 Words)

abase	Behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone. I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees.
adulterate	Mixed with impurities. Adulterate remedies.
belittle	Dismiss (someone or something) as unimportant. Don t belittle your colleagues.
bump	In a race gain a bump against. The children were given the bumps.
cabinet	A small private room. A cocktail cabinet.
classify	Assign to a class or kind. How would you classify these pottery shards are they prehistoric.
debase	Corrupt debase or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. The King was forced to debase the coinage.
decrease	Decrease in size extent or range. There was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided.
defame	Damage the good reputation of (someone); slander or libel. The journalists have defamed me.
degrade	Break down or deteriorate chemically. She thought that many supposedly erotic pictures degraded women.
detract	Take away (a specified amount) from the worth or value of a quality or achievement. It is detracting nothing from his ability to say that he owed the championship to a superior car.
disparage	Regard or represent as being of little worth. She disparaged her student s efforts.
downgrade	A downward gradient on a railway or road. Downgrades by debt rating agencies outnumber upgrades by five to one.
downplay	Make (something) appear less important than it really is. This report downplays the seriousness of global warming.
edict	A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge. Clovis issued an edict protecting Church property.
exile	A person who is expelled from home or country by authority. A corrupt dictator who had been exiled from his country.
lower	Set lower. Land of a lower quality.
minimize	Cause to seem less serious; play down. They may minimize or even overlook the importance of such beliefs.
mortify	Undergo necrosis. Mortify the flesh.
rebuild	An instance of rebuilding. After the earthquake people set about rebuilding their homes.
reconstruct	Build again. Later emperors reconstructed the army.
reduce	Reduce in size reduce physically. Reduce a problem to a single question.
reduction	The act of reducing complexity. We must see if the fracture requires reduction.
relegate	Assign to a class or kind. United were relegated to division two.
reorganization	The imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes. After the takeover there was a thorough reorganization.
reshuffle	Put in a new order; rearrange. He was brought into the government in the last reshuffle.
shakeup	The imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes. Top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup.
under	Under water. Weaving the body through the crossbars over and under over and under.
understate	Represent as less significant or important. The press have understated the extent of the problem.
undervalue	Rate (something) insufficiently highly; fail to appreciate. Through overfamiliarity it is easy to undervalue this concerto.