demote Demosthenic • demotic · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Antonyms · Characters · · demote · · Text Latin · · Script 6 · · Length Definitions · · · (verb) assign to a lower position; reduce in rank. Synonyms: bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs. Examples: "She was demoted because she always speaks up." "He was broken down to sergeant." · · Verb Definition 1 Synonyms · · · bump · · Synonym 1 relegate · · Synonym 2 break · · Synonym 3 kick downstairs · · Synonym 4 Antonyms · · · promote · · Antonym 0 upgrade · · Antonym 1 advance · · Antonym 2 kick upstairs · · Antonym 3 raise · · Antonym 4 elevate · · Antonym 5 Characters · · d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 m latin small letter m U+006D o latin small letter o U+006F t latin small letter t U+0074