Synonyms of promoting

promoting 1 of 2

adjective

as in nurturing

Related Words

• nurturing
• fostering
• encouraging
• facilitating
• forwarding
• furthering
• assisting
• smoothing
• easing
• aiding
• abetting

Dissimilar Words

• prophylactic
• preventive
• preventative
• precautionary
• deterrent
• neutralizing
• deterring
• negating
• nullifying

promoting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of promote

1

as in upgrading

to move higher in rank or position

the navy promoted her to captain for her record of outstanding performance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• upgrading
• elevating
• advancing
• raising
• improving
• furthering
• commissioning
• forwarding
• commending
• lifting
• boosting
• honoring
• celebrating
• uplifting
• kicking upstairs
• heightening
• praising
• extolling
• complimenting
• aggrandizing
• congratulating
• hailing
• applauding
• citing
• decorating
• lauding
• acclaiming
• ennobling
• saluting
• exalting
• eulogizing
• knighting
• glorifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reducing
• lowering
• degrading
• removing
• demoting
• downgrading
• dismissing
• overthrowing
• expelling
• impeaching
• ousting
• deposing
• unseating
• denouncing
• shaming
• condemning
• dishonoring
• disgracing
• abasing
• humiliating
• taking down
• dethroning
• demeaning
• mortifying
• humbling
• censuring
• unmaking
• damning
• reprobating

2

as in encouraging

to help the growth or development of

a campaign promoting good dental hygiene

Synonyms & Similar Words

• encouraging
• cultivating
• fostering
• nurturing
• advancing
• furthering
• assisting
• supporting
• advocating
• forwarding
• endorsing
• incubating
• upholding
• aiding
• nourishing
• funding
• financing
• nursing
• subsidizing
• championing
• backing
• advertising
• publicizing
• underwriting
• boosting
• abetting
• working (for)
• patronizing
• staking
• plugging
• endowing
• touting
• agitating (for)
• campaigning (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preventing
• inhibiting
• hindering
• prohibiting
• discouraging
• banning
• forbidding
• opposing
• fighting
• combating
• proscribing
• outlawing
• enjoining
• countering
• frustrating
• barring
• interdicting
• battling
• suppressing
• contending (with)
• checking
• repressing
• stifling
• retarding
• subduing
• squashing
• arresting
• halting
• impeding
• obstructing
• interfering (with)
• squelching
• hobbling
• encumbering
• snuffing (out)
• shackling
• fettering
• manacling

3

as in growing

to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care

spends all her time now promoting her new business

Synonyms & Similar Words

• growing
• cultivating
• producing
• raising
• planting
• harvesting
• tending
• cropping
• rearing
• propagating
• dressing
• breeding
• culturing
• sowing
• reaping
• sprouting
• gathering
• ripening
• rooting
• germinating
• quickening
• gleaning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• killing
• picking
• digging
• pulling (up)
• cutting
• plucking
• uprooting
• extirpating
• mowing
• haying

4

as in selling

to provide publicity for

promoting a new line of toys based on the popular movie

Synonyms & Similar Words

• selling
• publicizing
• announcing
• touting
• advertising
• hyping
• plugging
• boosting
• pushing
• pitching
• ballyhooing
• praising
• endorsing
• publishing
• reviewing
• merchandising
• talking up
• beating the drum (for)
• hailing
• recommending
• lauding
• broadcasting
• barking
• acclaiming
• plumping (for)
• plonking (for)
• plunking (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of promoting

Verb

Trump most frequently mentions grass while promoting his Washington beautification efforts. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

For most of the time, Barakos said her home — which is covered in bumper stickers promoting her political views — felt like an island in a neighborhood historically dominated by White working class and relatively conservative residents. — Tim Craig, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2026

Visit Central Oregon, the tourism marketing agency, has been promoting a hyperlocal smoke map this summer, partly to prevent unnecessary cancellations in towns that weren't affected. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

China has sought to build comparable leverage by promoting the renminbi in cross-border trade, developing alternative payment systems, and dominating critical supply chains. — Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026

The couple has been busy promoting The Odyssey and the new Spider-Man film (and dining their way around the world), but who knows? — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026

Two independent expenditures began this week, promoting Crowley, but not attacking Hong directly. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026

At the time of publishing, the brand was promoting queen mattress deals. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026

As in 1926, some concrete plans will be unveiled during the summit, including the creation of an international NGO dedicated to protecting and promoting independent cinema worldwide, Variety has learned. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 July 2026