Synonyms for demote
Definitions
- v. 1
To lower the rank or status of.
James was demoted from branch manager to assistant manager due to his poor discipline.
- v. 2
To relegate.
Forms
- Past participle
- demoted
e.g. demoted → relegated, demeaned, reduced, humiliated…
Example sentences
- degrade Don't degrade yourself by telling such a lie.
- humiliate Yuri didn't want Martha to humiliate him again.
- demean I didn't mean to demean you.
- relegate Don't relegate me to the back office. I want to talk to the customers.
By length
- 4 letters
- bump1
- 5 letters
- break1, abase
- 6 letters
- reduce2, humble2, demean2, debase2
- 7 letters
- degrade2, depress2
- 8 letters
- disgrace2, relegate3
- 9 letters
- discredit3, downgrade2, humiliate4, disparage3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (reduce2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dégrader
- Italiano
- degradare
- Español
- degradar
- Deutsch
- degradieren
- Català
- degradar