demote

Other forms of demote

past tense

demoted·

present participle

demoting·

third person

demotes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about demote

What does demote mean?

demote means "assign to a lower position; reduce in rank".

How many syllables are in demote?

demote has 2 syllables: de-mote. The stress falls on "mote". In IPA it is /dɪˈmoʊt/.

What is another word for demote?

Close synonyms include bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of demote?

The recorded antonyms are promote.

Is demote a common word?

demote is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with demote?

4 words rhyme with demote. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.