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How does the verb promote contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of promote are advance, forward, and further. While all these words mean "to help (someone or something) to move ahead," promote suggests an encouraging or fostering and may denote an increase in status or rank.

a campaign to promote better health

When might advance be a better fit than promote?

Although the words advance and promote have much in common, advance stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end.

advance the cause of peace

When is it sensible to use forward instead of promote?

While the synonyms forward and promote are close in meaning, forward implies an impetus forcing something ahead.

a wage increase would forward productivity

When would further be a good substitute for promote?

The synonyms further and promote are sometimes interchangeable, but further suggests a removing of obstacles in the way of a desired advance.

used the marriage to further his career

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of promote The two others the A’s promoted: catcher Willie MacIver and Alexander. Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 24 May 2025 Since the book came out, city leaders have promoted the idea of a car-free Olympics. Aaron Reiss, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025 For jobs in development or at agencies, My First Job in Film promotes a challenge that requires members to execute 20 steps each day toward advancing their careers. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 24 May 2025 Plus, hair loss treatments do so much more than promote hair growth, which usually takes a couple of months to see. Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for promote
Recent Examples of Synonyms for promote
Verb
  • Another benefit is that a mix of vintage pieces, textures, and splurge items elevates the affordable, mass-market items in your home.
    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025
  • And the increasingly international cast of the Academy voters has elevated foreign-language films that gain a profile at Cannes.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • There is no fee to nominate and self-nominations are encouraged.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
  • Both trains offer luxury journeys that encourage passengers to partake in the joys of slow travel.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
Verb
  • All three were still actively growing, Ramsay said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • Flower farmer Lindsey McCullough, who with her husband Josh, has been growing peonies (and tulips and dahlias) since 2012 at Red Twig Farms in central Ohio.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a tariff of at least 25 percent on Apple if its iPhones sold in the U.S. are not manufactured in the country.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
  • Digital products: These are one-time creations like digital courses, ebooks, digital templates, and guides that can be sold repeatedly with little ongoing effort.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • Duffy recently announced a sweeping program to upgrade the agency's technology infrastructure, as well as hiring incentives to entice more would-be air traffic controllers.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • Lawmakers have been working behind the scenes this year at the state Capitol to upgrade the Trust Act that was originally passed in Connecticut in 2013 on a unanimous basis during the tenure of then-President Barack Obama.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • Their neighbors were literate, cultivated, liberal in their politics.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2025
  • The sun enters Gemini, cultivating a month of optimism and cattiness.
    Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • The film is produced by Hype Studios and Gold Rush Pictures.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 May 2025
  • Bitcoin touched a record high above $111,000, and oil prices slid after Bloomberg said oil producing member countries, or OPEC+, are discussing a potential third consecutive oil production surge in July, with an output hike of 411,000 barrels a day among the options under consideration.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • Israel also publicized a photo of one of its F-35s flying high over Lebanon’s capital city, Beirut, in broad daylight.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • The back-and-forth has been highly publicized and even included a war of words between Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025

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“Promote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promote. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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