promote

Meaning

1. To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
2. To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
3. To encourage, urge or incite.
4. To elevate to a higher league.
5. To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
6. To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
7. To move on to a subsequent stage of education.

Concepts

promote

advance

further

encourage

raise

support

elevate

boost

upgrade

help

hasten

increase

assist

accelerate

exalt

foster

speed up

push

aid

advertise

publicize

advertize

lift

advocate

favour

enhance

nourish

draw attention to

urge

appoint

abet

favor

back

push forward

sponsor

forward

prefer

kick upstairs

maintain

develop

promotion

reinforce

augment

improve

stimulate

sustain

nurture

tout

give an incentive

advantage

impel

recommend

ascend

rise

growth

affirm

dwell

hurry

insist

oppress

pinch

press

squash

squeeze

unfold

unroll

unwrap

cultivate

force

grow

soften up

cast off

fling off

throw off

propagate

spread

collect

extort

give relief to

rescue

save

spare

make richer

march

send

raise one’s position

raise one’s status

advance to

raise to

lend a hand

commit

designate

animate

stir up

waken

fortify

intensify

strengthen

tighten

patronize

uphold

sell

give promotion

befriend

bill

evangelize

give a spur

help forward

up

gain ground

celebrate

extol

glorify

honour

magnify

lift up

raise high

raise in rank

make great

coax

exhort

goad

boom

launch

acceleration

facilitation

impetus

enhancement

improvement

drive

motivation

move

throw

move forward

progress

erect

raise up

avail

be of use

do good to

profit

remedy

succour

incite

induce

establish

found

ensure

cart

benefit

conduce

redound

serve

subserve

apotheose

apotheosise

apotheosize

heave up

heighten

hike up

outcall

sharpen

nominate

inspire

assign

invite

expedite

facilitate

make easy

finance

subsidize

popularise

popularize

bring up

rear

endorse

underpin

levitate

lobby

give

pass

support foster

quicken

propagandize

propose

step up

propaganda

sales promotion

hoist

move up

respect

grades

jump

uproot

Hyphenated as

pro‧mote

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹəˈmoʊt/

Etymology

From Latin prōmōtus, perfect passive participle of prōmoveō (“move forward, advance”).