Synonyms for Pro-mote:

• n.

  •persuasion (noun)
  • enticement,
  • wheedling,
  • blandishment,
  • exhortation,
  • soft soap,
  • sweet talk,
  • Inveiglement,
  • cajolery,
  • potency,
  • working over,
  • cogency,
  • pull,
  • seduction,
  • conversion,
  • persuasiveness,
  • arm-twist,
  • winning over,
  • power,
  • snow job,
  • inducement,
  • brainwashing,
  • alluring,
  • alignment,
  • hook.

• v.

  •abet (verb)
  • egg on,
  • goad,
  • prod,
  • instigate,
  • incite,
  • promote,
  • sanction,
  • condone,
  • provoke,
  • spur.
  •acquire (verb)
  • get,
  • grab,
  • buy,
  • scare up,
  • snag,
  • get hold of,
  • corral,
  • secure,
  • rack up,
  • bring in,
  • gain,
  • take,
  • procure,
  • win,
  • land,
  • pick up,
  • have,
  • annex,
  • latch onto,
  • cop,
  • gather,
  • catch,
  • access,
  • attain,
  • achieve,
  • get hands on,
  • take possession of,
  • amass,
  • wangle,
  • lock up,
  • hustle,
  • earn,
  • collect.
  •advance (verb)
  • launch,
  • go forward,
  • continue on,
  • send forward,
  • conquer,
  • push on,
  • march,
  • get green light,
  • get there,
  • go places,
  • drive,
  • bring forward,
  • come forward,
  • get ahead,
  • proceed,
  • push ahead,
  • get with it,
  • go great guns,
  • press on,
  • go forth,
  • go ahead,
  • move on,
  • quicken,
  • move onward,
  • make the scene,
  • continue ahead,
  • dispatch,
  • hasten,
  • accelerate,
  • forge ahead,
  • skyrocket,
  • step forward,
  • go to town,
  • gain ground,
  • progress,
  • storm,
  • make headway,
  • propel.
  •advertise (verb)
  • display,
  • declare,
  • spot,
  • beat the drum for,
  • apprise,
  • inform,
  • drum,
  • tout,
  • uncover,
  • make known,
  • bill,
  • advise,
  • announce,
  • circularize,
  • flaunt,
  • show,
  • unmask,
  • soft sell,
  • expose,
  • communicate,
  • promulgate,
  • exhibit,
  • notify,
  • put on the map,
  • make a pitch,
  • splash,
  • ballyhoo,
  • disclose,
  • acquaint,
  • reveal,
  • pitch,
  • press agent,
  • get on soapbox for,
  • blazon,
  • hard sell,
  • proclaim,
  • divulge,
  • herald.
  •advocate (verb)
  • plump for,
  • spread around,
  • go with,
  • side,
  • go to bat for,
  • be in corner,
  • say so,
  • root for,
  • give a leg up,
  • go for,
  • brace up,
  • bless,
  • vindicate,
  • ride shotgun for,
  • campaign for,
  • give a lift,
  • plead for,
  • propose,
  • hold with,
  • justify,
  • press for,
  • run interference for,
  • countenance,
  • argue for,
  • get on bandwagon,
  • defend,
  • stump for.
  •aid (verb)
  • benefact,
  • abet,
  • lighten,
  • relieve,
  • alleviate,
  • lend a hand,
  • mitigate,
  • sustain,
  • stick up for,
  • straighten out,
  • bail out,
  • open doors for.
  •arrange (verb)
  • draft,
  • decide,
  • get act together,
  • negotiate,
  • work out a deal,
  • blueprint,
  • map out,
  • adjust,
  • determine,
  • quarterback,
  • project,
  • organize,
  • shape up,
  • make ready,
  • pull a wire,
  • settle,
  • get ready,
  • prepare,
  • establish,
  • compromise,
  • direct,
  • hammer out a deal,
  • set stage,
  • design,
  • chart,
  • provide,
  • scheme,
  • devise,
  • construct,
  • resolve,
  • lay out,
  • iron out,
  • frame,
  • come to terms,
  • contrive,
  • harmonize,
  • adapt,
  • make a connection,
  • agree to,
  • work out,
  • pull things together,
  • line up,
  • tailor,
  • concert,
  • schedule,
  • manage.
  •ask (verb)
  • implore,
  • knock,
  • bum,
  • HIT,
  • requisition,
  • impose,
  • command,
  • request,
  • pray,
  • bite,
  • demand,
  • seek,
  • plead,
  • sue,
  • order,
  • supplicate,
  • levy,
  • beg,
  • touch,
  • claim,
  • entreat,
  • call for,
  • angle,
  • beseech,
  • appeal,
  • contend for,
  • file for,
  • apply,
  • solicit,
  • petition,
  • mooch,
  • crave,
  • charge.
  •attain (verb)
  • acquire,
  • obtain,
  • bring off,
  • reach,
  • glom onto,
  • unzip,
  • grasp,
  • accede to,
  • pull off,
  • realize,
  • fulfill,
  • effect,
  • make it,
  • score,
  • arrive at,
  • complete,
  • come through,
  • get fat,
  • arrive,
  • succeed,
  • reap.
  •back up (verb)
  • lend support.
  •benefit (verb)
  • pay,
  • advantage,
  • pay off,
  • fill the bill,
  • ameliorate,
  • be good for,
  • profit,
  • make a killing,
  • do for one,
  • contribute to,
  • build,
  • do the trick.
  •better (verb)
  • help,
  • correct,
  • beat,
  • reform,
  • mend,
  • excel,
  • outshine,
  • refine,
  • transcend,
  • amend,
  • rectify,
  • cap,
  • best,
  • outstrip,
  • surpass,
  • top,
  • revamp,
  • exceed,
  • meliorate,
  • enhance.
  •boost (verb)
  • inspire,
  • praise.
  •build up (verb)
  • strengthen,
  • fortify,
  • add to,
  • heighten,
  • intensify,
  • reinforce,
  • spotlight,
  • expand,
  • extend.
  •champion (verb)
  • side with,
  • stand behind,
  • contend,
  • thump for,
  • battle,
  • put in a good word for,
  • fight for,
  • stand up for.
  •civilize (verb)
  • enrich,
  • instruct,
  • tame,
  • ethicize,
  • help forward,
  • polish,
  • enlighten,
  • educate,
  • acculturate,
  • reclaim,
  • idealize,
  • edify,
  • cultivate,
  • spiritualize,
  • humanize,
  • uplift,
  • sophisticate,
  • indoctrinate.
  •connive (verb)
  • cook up,
  • collude,
  • machinate,
  • be in cahoots with,
  • work hand in glove,
  • intrigue,
  • diddle,
  • cabal,
  • conspire,
  • finagle,
  • wire,
  • cogitate,
  • frame up,
  • operate.
  •conspire (verb)
  • work something out,
  • hatch,
  • collogue,
  • maneuver,
  • be in cahoots,
  • get in bed with,
  • put out a contract,
  • confederate,
  • connive.
  •continue (verb)
  • live on,
  • get on with it,
  • pursue,
  • carry forward,
  • endure,
  • persevere,
  • last,
  • outlast,
  • loiter,
  • hang in,
  • never cease,
  • lengthen,
  • run on,
  • keep on,
  • keep up,
  • stick to,
  • linger,
  • stay on,
  • prolong,
  • stick at,
  • survive,
  • stand,
  • stay,
  • persist in,
  • Perdure,
  • go on,
  • ride,
  • outlive,
  • remain,
  • keep at,
  • move ahead,
  • maintain,
  • draw out,
  • rest,
  • keep on truckin',
  • abide,
  • keep the ball rolling.
  •cultivate (verb)
  • butter up,
  • run after,
  • court,
  • get in with,
  • seek friendship,
  • get next to,
  • train,
  • bring on,
  • get on good side of,
  • play up to,
  • teach,
  • rear,
  • brownnose,
  • suck up to,
  • civilize,
  • nurse,
  • discipline,
  • take pains with,
  • cherish,
  • devote oneself to,
  • shine up to.
  •develop (verb)
  • elaborate,
  • age,
  • enlarge,
  • dilate,
  • mature,
  • finish,
  • grow up,
  • stretch,
  • unfold,
  • materialize,
  • spread,
  • ripen,
  • flourish,
  • broaden,
  • maturate,
  • mellow,
  • actualize,
  • grow,
  • beautify,
  • thrive,
  • widen,
  • evolve,
  • perfect,
  • exploit,
  • deepen,
  • augment,
  • amplify,
  • Enroot.
  •dignify (verb)
  • distinguish,
  • erect,
  • Uprear,
  • grace,
  • adorn,
  • sublime.
  •display (verb)
  • glaze,
  • feature,
  • unroll,
  • spread out,
  • boast,
  • perform,
  • illustrate,
  • unveil,
  • vamp,
  • lay bare,
  • demonstrate,
  • bare,
  • betray,
  • evidence,
  • model,
  • stretch out,
  • show off,
  • trot out,
  • manifest,
  • evince,
  • showcase,
  • impart,
  • present,
  • bring to view,
  • make clear,
  • unfurl,
  • brandish,
  • flash,
  • arrange,
  • sport,
  • publish,
  • represent,
  • open out,
  • emblazon,
  • open,
  • set out,
  • grandstand,
  • parade.
  •dispose (verb)
  • incline,
  • lay down the law,
  • predispose,
  • tempt,
  • bend,
  • marshal,
  • fix,
  • lead,
  • induce,
  • call the tune,
  • put to rights,
  • govern,
  • systematize,
  • condition,
  • distribute,
  • set,
  • group,
  • ride herd on,
  • move,
  • set in order,
  • shepherd,
  • rank,
  • regulate,
  • motivate,
  • sway,
  • bias,
  • range,
  • locate,
  • prompt,
  • Methodize,
  • put one's foot down,
  • influence,
  • array,
  • put,
  • read the riot act,
  • actuate,
  • make willing.
  •ease (verb)
  • disengage,
  • release,
  • lessen,
  • moderate,
  • tranquilize,
  • palliate,
  • still,
  • free,
  • pacify,
  • soothe,
  • open the door,
  • lift,
  • facilitate,
  • mollify,
  • simplify,
  • cheer,
  • clear the way,
  • speed up,
  • doctor,
  • expedite,
  • comfort,
  • cure,
  • smooth,
  • calm,
  • disburden,
  • soften,
  • appease,
  • attend to,
  • assuage,
  • quiet,
  • allay,
  • anesthetize,
  • let up on,
  • abate,
  • relent,
  • make easier,
  • slacken,
  • Untighten,
  • relax.
  •encourage (verb)
  • ease,
  • brace,
  • second,
  • pull for,
  • smile upon,
  • reassure,
  • invite,
  • approve,
  • console,
  • prevail,
  • subscribe to,
  • back up,
  • pat on the back,
  • solace.
  •endow (verb)
  • enable,
  • settle on,
  • bequeath,
  • endue,
  • supply,
  • will,
  • subscribe,
  • confer,
  • furnish,
  • vest in,
  • donate,
  • invest,
  • leave,
  • empower,
  • fund,
  • come through with,
  • lay on,
  • grant,
  • make over,
  • found,
  • bestow,
  • award,
  • accord,
  • finance.
  •expedite (verb)
  • grease wheels,
  • railroad,
  • hurry,
  • shoot through,
  • hand-carry,
  • walk it through,
  • press,
  • handle personally,
  • hand-walk,
  • run with the ball,
  • rush,
  • precipitate,
  • run interference,
  • fast track,
  • cut the red tape.
  •facilitate (verb)
  • make easy,
  • open doors,
  • grease the wheels,
  • walk through.
  •falsify (verb)
  • deny,
  • misstate,
  • exaggerate,
  • fib,
  • tamper with,
  • gloss,
  • warp,
  • equivocate,
  • garble,
  • trump up,
  • phony up,
  • fake,
  • embroider,
  • forge,
  • pervert,
  • cook,
  • fake it,
  • twist,
  • distort,
  • dress up,
  • counterfeit,
  • deacon,
  • salt,
  • contravene,
  • deceive,
  • traverse,
  • color,
  • contradict,
  • contort,
  • lie,
  • belie,
  • change,
  • four-flush,
  • adulterate,
  • palter,
  • con,
  • prevaricate,
  • put on an act,
  • misquote.
  •favor (verb)
  • oblige,
  • spare,
  • play favorites,
  • do a kindness,
  • value,
  • humor,
  • indulge,
  • accommodate,
  • esteem,
  • do right by,
  • show consideration,
  • be partial to,
  • treat well,
  • make exception,
  • spoil,
  • gratify,
  • pull strings.
  •feature (verb)
  • italicize,
  • emphasize,
  • star,
  • set off,
  • make conspicuous,
  • point up,
  • mark,
  • accentuate,
  • headline,
  • play up,
  • underline,
  • blaze,
  • underscore,
  • stress.
  •fib (verb)
  • invent,
  • concoct,
  • jive,
  • shovel,
  • fabricate,
  • create fiction,
  • plant,
  • stretch the truth,
  • speak with forked tongue,
  • make up,
  • falsify,
  • tell a little white lie.
  •finance (verb)
  • loan shark,
  • float,
  • bankroll,
  • provide funds,
  • stake,
  • juice,
  • underwrite,
  • prime the pump,
  • pick up the tab,
  • bank,
  • pick up the check,
  • endow,
  • capitalize,
  • lay on one,
  • put up money,
  • raise dough,
  • provide security,
  • guarantee,
  • pay for,
  • grubstake.
  •foment (verb)
  • arouse,
  • brew,
  • start,
  • set on,
  • excite,
  • stir up,
  • fan the flames,
  • agitate,
  • whip up,
  • sow the seeds.
  •further (verb)
  • give a boost to,
  • propagate,
  • take care of,
  • generate,
  • engender.
  •gain (verb)
  • enlist,
  • clear,
  • net,
  • win over,
  • move forward,
  • make,
  • glean,
  • accomplish,
  • consummate,
  • harvest,
  • parlay,
  • capture,
  • produce,
  • overtake.
  •grubstake (verb)
  • put up money fo.
  •help (verb)
  • prop,
  • stand by,
  • see through,
  • do a favor,
  • do one's part,
  • take under one's wing,
  • buck up,
  • do a service,
  • be of use,
  • save,
  • intercede.
  •improve (verb)
  • rally,
  • emend,
  • convalesce,
  • update,
  • recuperate,
  • purify,
  • revise,
  • touch up,
  • turn the corner,
  • come around,
  • sharpen,
  • edit,
  • doctor up,
  • rise,
  • set right,
  • make strides,
  • take off,
  • perk up,
  • recover,
  • look up.
  •incite (verb)
  • inflame,
  • impel,
  • persuade,
  • craze,
  • animate,
  • put up to,
  • exhort,
  • trigger,
  • inspirit,
  • activate,
  • coax,
  • taunt,
  • fan the fire,
  • talk into,
  • rouse,
  • prick,
  • key up,
  • work up,
  • PSYCH,
  • force,
  • foment,
  • get to.
  •induce (verb)
  • draw,
  • twist one's arm,
  • get up,
  • cajole,
  • breed,
  • sweet-talk,
  • prevail upon,
  • sell one on,
  • occasion,
  • bulldoze,
  • convince,
  • soft-soap,
  • squeeze,
  • goose,
  • bring around,
  • suck in,
  • bring about,
  • lead to,
  • give rise to,
  • set in motion,
  • steamroll,
  • draw in,
  • cause,
  • wheedle,
  • argue into.
  •intrigue (verb)
  • plan,
  • set up.
  •lie (verb)
  • go back on,
  • Misspeak,
  • misrepresent,
  • misinform,
  • dissemble,
  • put up a front,
  • bull,
  • misguide,
  • dupe,
  • dissimulate,
  • phony,
  • Misinstruct,
  • overdraw,
  • be untruthful,
  • malign,
  • break promise,
  • make believe,
  • victimize,
  • forswear,
  • bear false witness,
  • perjure,
  • string along,
  • mislead,
  • fudge,
  • bs,
  • beguile,
  • put on,
  • snow,
  • delude.
  •lobby (verb)
  • sell on,
  • modify,
  • affect,
  • thump,
  • solicit votes,
  • soft-sell,
  • billboard,
  • exert influence,
  • bring pressure to bear,
  • put pressure on,
  • politick,
  • alter,
  • make a pitch for,
  • pressure,
  • high pressure.
  •machinate (verb)
  • play games,
  • engineer,
  • come up with.
  •merchandise (verb)
  • traffic in,
  • vend,
  • market,
  • wholesale,
  • deal in,
  • buy and sell,
  • do business in,
  • retail,
  • trade.
  •misrepresent (verb)
  • blow smoke,
  • blarney,
  • cheese.
  •misrepresent/misquote (verb)
  • misinterpret,
  • dress,
  • cloak,
  • slant,
  • pirate,
  • mask,
  • skew,
  • cover up,
  • throw a curve,
  • beard,
  • Misreport,
  • disguise,
  • confuse,
  • Miscolor,
  • spread it on,
  • take out of context,
  • give snow job,
  • mangle,
  • overstate,
  • embellish.
  •nourish (verb)
  • attend,
  • tend.
  •nurse (verb)
  • irradiate,
  • take charge of,
  • treat,
  • harbor,
  • baby-sit,
  • keep alive,
  • minister to,
  • see to,
  • look after,
  • feed,
  • inoculate,
  • watch out for,
  • mother,
  • keep tabs on,
  • father,
  • preserve,
  • cradle,
  • watch over,
  • vaccinate,
  • medicate,
  • pamper,
  • keep an eye on,
  • immunize,
  • sit,
  • wait on.
  •operate (verb)
  • react,
  • carry on,
  • engage,
  • tick,
  • enforce,
  • exert,
  • work,
  • transport,
  • ordain,
  • go,
  • conduct,
  • convey,
  • be in action,
  • click,
  • produce a result,
  • revolve,
  • compel,
  • spin,
  • turn,
  • contact,
  • get results,
  • act,
  • DO,
  • behave,
  • run,
  • roll,
  • concern,
  • percolate,
  • keep,
  • hum,
  • act on,
  • burn.
  •plot (verb)
  • imagine,
  • lay,
  • sketch,
  • outline,
  • conceive,
  • rough out.
  •plug (verb)
  • mention,
  • write up.
  •popularize (verb)
  • disseminate,
  • generalize,
  • revive,
  • resurrect,
  • restore,
  • universalize,
  • make available,
  • catch on,
  • Familiarize,
  • give currency.
  •prefer (verb)
  • pick,
  • adopt,
  • suggest,
  • cull,
  • tap,
  • opt for,
  • propound,
  • would sooner,
  • pose,
  • fix upon,
  • would rather,
  • wish,
  • fancy,
  • like better,
  • place,
  • elect,
  • Optate,
  • be turned on to,
  • proposition,
  • desire,
  • tag,
  • Propone,
  • finger,
  • select,
  • choose,
  • put forward.
  •prevail upon/prevail on (verb)
  • get around,
  • impress,
  • ram down throat,
  • put across,
  • dispose,
  • crack.
  •procure (verb)
  • buy up,
  • find,
  • compass,
  • purchase,
  • make a haul,
  • manage to get,
  • appropriate,
  • latch on to,
  • lay hands on,
  • come by,
  • buy out.
  •profit (verb)
  • make the most of,
  • be of advantage,
  • make it big,
  • reap the benefit,
  • turn to advantage,
  • stand in good stead,
  • utilize,
  • use,
  • cash in on,
  • learn from,
  • take advantage of,
  • prosper,
  • clean up,
  • make good use of,
  • capitalize on,
  • put to good use,
  • make capital,
  • make money.
  •promote (verb)
  • dignify,
  • upgrade,
  • build up,
  • bolster,
  • hype,
  • ascend,
  • aid,
  • publicize,
  • patronize,
  • call attention to,
  • push,
  • sell,
  • get behind,
  • recommend,
  • popularize,
  • speed,
  • stimulate,
  • urge,
  • push for,
  • kick upstairs,
  • avail,
  • contribute,
  • foster,
  • champion,
  • move up,
  • raise,
  • back,
  • speak for,
  • develop,
  • improve,
  • serve,
  • sponsor,
  • nurture,
  • cooperate,
  • uphold,
  • exalt,
  • prefer,
  • graduate,
  • succor,
  • aggrandize,
  • elevate,
  • work for,
  • propagandize,
  • benefit,
  • encourage,
  • honor,
  • advertise,
  • endorse,
  • boost,
  • nourish,
  • subsidize,
  • espouse,
  • favor,
  • skip,
  • up,
  • advocate,
  • further,
  • cry,
  • increase,
  • better,
  • befriend,
  • forward,
  • magnify,
  • support,
  • plug,
  • ennoble,
  • advance,
  • assist,
  • puff.
  •promulgate (verb)
  • call,
  • issue,
  • decree,
  • toot,
  • make public,
  • pass the word,
  • annunciate,
  • trumpet,
  • sound,
  • circulate,
  • broadcast.
  •provoke (verb)
  • elicit,
  • bring to one's feet,
  • challenge,
  • fire,
  • prime,
  • thrill,
  • Suscitate,
  • kindle,
  • pique,
  • call forth,
  • begin,
  • awaken,
  • fire up,
  • Innerve,
  • titillate,
  • waken,
  • whet,
  • enthuse,
  • galvanize,
  • electrify,
  • innervate,
  • Roust,
  • bestir,
  • stir,
  • titivate,
  • bring down,
  • draw forth.
  •puff (verb)
  • admire,
  • blow up,
  • commend,
  • congratulate,
  • press-agent,
  • flatter,
  • overpraise.
  •quicken (verb)
  • refresh,
  • vitalize,
  • spring,
  • Vivificate,
  • shake up,
  • make haste,
  • energize,
  • step up,
  • vivify,
  • revitalize,
  • liven.
  •raise (verb)
  • hold up,
  • form,
  • jump up,
  • mount,
  • set upright,
  • bring up,
  • mobilize,
  • assemble,
  • hike,
  • recruit,
  • pry,
  • mushroom,
  • upheave,
  • take up,
  • place up,
  • snowball,
  • put up,
  • muster,
  • inflate,
  • congress,
  • hoist,
  • goose up,
  • send through the roof,
  • heave,
  • congregate,
  • pyramid,
  • shove,
  • hike up,
  • fetch up,
  • rendezvous,
  • lift up,
  • lever,
  • jack up,
  • stand up,
  • forgather,
  • jump,
  • aggravate,
  • pull up,
  • run up,
  • upcast,
  • put on its end,
  • upraise,
  • throw up,
  • escalate,
  • shoot up,
  • mass.
  •request (verb)
  • inquire,
  • sponge,
  • hit up for,
  • hold out for,
  • bespeak,
  • put in for.
  •rob (verb)
  • embezzle,
  • thieve,
  • scrounge,
  • mug,
  • sack,
  • snitch,
  • disinherit,
  • stick up,
  • plunder,
  • rifle,
  • dispossess,
  • despoil,
  • swipe,
  • defalcate,
  • purloin,
  • ransack,
  • liberate,
  • pilfer,
  • break into,
  • cheat,
  • do out of,
  • defraud,
  • withhold,
  • loot,
  • burgle,
  • heist,
  • oust,
  • swindle,
  • strip,
  • rip off,
  • divest,
  • lose,
  • pinch,
  • peculate,
  • strong-arm,
  • bereave,
  • pillage,
  • filch,
  • hijack,
  • abscond,
  • burglarize,
  • raid.
  •second (verb)
  • go along with,
  • give moral support.
  •solicit (verb)
  • hawk,
  • whistle for,
  • seduce,
  • canvass,
  • accost,
  • sue for,
  • come on to,
  • hit up,
  • postulate,
  • cadge,
  • exact,
  • pass the hat,
  • question,
  • peddle,
  • ask,
  • require,
  • approach,
  • hit on,
  • steer,
  • query,
  • refer,
  • panhandle,
  • drum up,
  • resort,
  • Importune.
  •speed (verb)
  • gear up,
  • barrel,
  • whiz,
  • bomb,
  • step on it,
  • lose no time,
  • race,
  • cover ground,
  • go all out,
  • cut along,
  • open up throttle,
  • get a move on,
  • fly,
  • gather momentum,
  • get moving,
  • career,
  • get under way,
  • go fast,
  • hightail,
  • bowl over,
  • zoom,
  • go like the wind,
  • gallop,
  • tear,
  • belt,
  • sail.
  •subsidize (verb)
  • angel,
  • put up the money for.
  •support (verb)
  • agree with,
  • rally round,
  • throw in with,
  • hold,
  • bear out,
  • verify,
  • stick by,
  • take the part of,
  • take one's side,
  • throw in one's lot with,
  • boost morale,
  • substantiate,
  • carry.
  •tempt (verb)
  • honey,
  • fascinate,
  • lead on,
  • captivate,
  • attract,
  • woo,
  • charm,
  • tantalize,
  • inveigle,
  • allure,
  • bait,
  • risk,
  • make mouth water,
  • oil,
  • mousetrap,
  • appeal to,
  • turn one's head,
  • test,
  • try,
  • decoy,
  • dare,
  • entrap.
  •tout (verb)
  • give a boost,
  • tip,
  • tip off,
  • laud,
  • acclaim.
  •untighten (verb)
  • loosen,
  • let up,
  • slack,
  • loose.
  •upgrade (verb)
  • make better.
  •uphold (verb)
  • buoy up,
  • buttress,
  • confirm,
  • shore up,
  • hold up one's end,
  • Upbear,
  • hold to.
  •urge (verb)
  • insist on,
  • counsel,
  • rationalize,
  • conjure,
  • adjure.
  •utilize (verb)
  • avail oneself of,
  • resort to,
  • employ,
  • profit by,
  • put to use,
  • have recourse to,
  • turn to account,
  • exercise,
  • handle.

Antonyms for Pro-mote:

• n.

  • persuasion
    disbelief, hindrance, dissuasion, incompetence, prevention, weakness, atheism, ineffectiveness, impotence, discouragement, disability.

• v.

  • abet
    resist, frustrate, refuse, deter, counter.
  • acquire
    divide, forgo, relinquish, give up, misunderstand, lose, fail, scatter, miss, give, pass, disperse, surrender, yield, spend, throw away, release, let go, forfeit.
  • advance
    hold, retreat, recede, take back, withdraw, retard, back down, turn, retrogress, keep, hesitate.
  • advertise
    deceive, deny, cover, keep secret, bottle up, suppress, secrete, secret.
  • advocate
    attack, impugn, criticize, assail.
  • aid
    burden, upset.
  • arrange
    disorganize, unfit, not plan, destroy, confuse, disorder, disagree, disturb, waver, mix up, ruin, disarrange, derange.
  • ask
    disclaim, insist, claim, disinvite, answer, tell, repudiate, reply.
  • attain
    leave, desert, give in, depart, abandon.
  • back up
    defend, pursue.
  • benefit
    thwart, worsen.
  • better
    be inferior, deteriorate, check, fall behind, get worse, impair, reduce, corrupt, damage.
  • boost
    blow, set back.
  • build up
    play down, subtract.
  • champion
    forsake, be against.
  • civilize
    learn, mislead.
  • conspire
    leave alone.
  • continue
    complete, desist, finish, end, discontinue, go, quit, abbreviate, move, shorten.
  • develop
    confine, compress, decline, spoil, stunt, cut, contract, abridge, condense, curtail, narrow, circumscribe, shrink, maintain.
  • dignify
    insult, spurn, raze, detract.
  • display
    refrain.
  • dispose
    unsettle, displace, change, mismanage, obey, remove, stay, comply, consent.
  • ease
    agitate, enlarge, provoke, excite, intensify, incite, annoy, slow, increase, exasperate, irritate, aggravate, vex, make difficult, trouble, worry, perplex, extend, bring down.
  • encourage
    uninspire, dishearten, dispirit, deject, dampen.
  • endow
    receive, take away.
  • expedite
    wait.
  • facilitate
    detain, prohibit.
  • falsify
    tell truth, explain, agree, purify, represent, straighten, be honest, approve, clean.
  • favor
    dislike, disappoint, disfavor.
  • feature
    disregard.
  • finance
    call in.
  • foment
    tranquilize, lull, quiet, conclude, calm.
  • forward
    procrastinate, rest.
  • further
    kill.
  • gain
    free, waste, plant, exhaust.
  • help
    counteract.
  • improve
    dirty, pollute, dull, descend.
  • incite
    deaden, soothe.
  • induce
    repel.
  • intrigue
    bore, forget.
  • kick upstairs
    kick downstairs.
  • lie
    stand, be upright.
  • lobby
    remain, continue, pull.
  • merchandise
    buy.
  • misrepresent
    reveal, uncover.
  • misrepresent/misquote
    be forthright.
  • operate
    begin, consume, idle, disenchant, create, overlook, start, abstain, repulse, steady.
  • patronize
    use competition, be humble, be modest, contend, antagonize.
  • plug
    unstopper, uncork, unplug.
  • popularize
    shun.
  • prefer
    hate.
  • procure
    give away, sell.
  • promote
    discourage, block, obstruct, decrease, drop, handicap, injure, dissuade, demote, harm, oppose, belittle, weaken, condemn, take, hinder, halt, stop, depress, repress, prevent, shame, ignore, disgrace, neglect, degrade, hide, conceal, reject, discredit, undermine, deprive, dishonor, disapprove, cease, impede, lessen, protest, withhold, debase, delay, lower, humiliate, starve, let down, diminish, denounce, hurt.
  • promulgate
    keep quiet, collect, gather.
  • provoke
    make happy, put out, please, delight.
  • puff
    censure.
  • quicken
    decelerate.
  • raise
    separate, demolish, fall.
  • rob
    clothe, help, return, offer, bequeath, protect.
  • solicit
    not want, avoid, dodge.
  • speed
    walk.
  • support
    invalidate, contradict, disprove.
  • tempt
    offend, turn off.
  • tout
    blame.
  • utilize
    misuse.