'Demote' definitions:
Definition of 'demote'
From: WordNet
verb
Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" [syn: demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs] [ant: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade]
Definition of 'Demote'
From: GCIDE
- Demote \De*mote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Demoting.] [Pref. de- + mote, as in promote; cf. L. demovere to remove.] To reduce to a lower grade or rank, as in the military, one's employment, or in school; to assign to a lower position.
- Syn: bump, relegate, kick downstairs, break one's rank. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'demote'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abase,
- boot,
- bounce,
- break,
- bump,
- bust,
- can,
- cashier,
- debase,
- defrock,
- degrade,
- demean,
- dement,
- deplume,
- depose,
- deprive,
- disbar,
- discharge,
- disemploy,
- disgrade,
- dismiss,
- displace,
- displume,
- downgrade,
- drum out,
- expel,
- fire,
- furlough,
- give the ax,
- give the gate,
- humble,
- kick,
- kick upstairs,
- lay off,
- let go,
- let out,
- lower,
- make redundant,
- pension off,
- read out of,
- reduce,
- release,
- remove,
- replace,
- retire,
- sack,
- separate forcibly,
- strip,
- strip of rank,
- superannuate,
- surplus,
- suspend,
- turn off,
- turn out,
- unfrock