Synonyms for Pro-motes:

• n.

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

• v.

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

Antonyms for Pro-motes:

• n.

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

• v.

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