demoteverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈməʊt/us/dɪˈmoʊt/to lower someone or something in rank or position:
The captain was demoted (to sergeant) for failing to fulfil his duties.
Opposite
promote
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Promoting staff
- aggrandizement
- ascend
- career-limiting
- depute
- downgrade
- fast track
- free transfer
- handover
- in the wilderness idiom
- install
- kick
- rank
- relegate
- second 1
- subordination
- time-scale promotion
- transfer
- upgradation
- upshifter
- vault
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demotion
noun [ C or U ] uk/dɪˈməʊ.ʃən/us/dɪˈmoʊ.ʃən/