promote

Verb

• contribute to the progress or growth of
• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
  • "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
• make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
• be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
• change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent
• To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
• To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
• To encourage, urge or incite.
• To elevate to a higher league.
• To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
• To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
• To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
• -MOTED, -MOTING, -MOTES to contribute to the progress of

Examples

• "At the end of Primary 6 students can promote directly to the secondary section of SIS."
• "At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League."
• "Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen."
• "He promoted his clerk to office manager."
• "They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time."
• "They promoted the new film with giant billboards."

Synonyms

advance, advertise, advertize, boost, elevate, encourage, further, kick upstairs, push, raise, upgrade, abet, actuate, bring about, cheer, drive, egg on, engender, evoke, excite, feed, foment, foster, goad, grill, grow, ignite, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, invoke, lash, motivate, motive, move, nurture, obligate, oblige, promote, prompt, provoke, rouse, send, set off, spark off, spur, spur on, stimulate, sting, stir, stir up, stoke, tempt, urge, whet, whip up

Antonyms

demote, denigrate, oppose, praise, relegate, stand up for