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

On social media, influencers are everywhere, sharing shopping recommendations and lifestyle content or promoting beliefs about health or politics. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Vogue’s September cover star has been on an LBD kick as of late, promoting her new show, The Shards, in everything from a Breakfast at Tiffany’s-esque Prada number to an ode to Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026

He's garnered more than 3 million followers from his content promoting the crab industry. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026

Both groves and solitary practitioners may be affiliated with larger organizations typically known as orders, each promoting its own particular approach to modern Druidry. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Everyone promoting anything wants to claim that their product made history. — Tres Dean, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

The Yankees conducted a series of interconnecting roster moves the next morning, including releasing Rodriguez and promoting Judge and fellow rookie Tyler Austin ahead of their game against the Tampa Bay Rays in the Bronx. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

When news broke of the hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks, within hours some social media influencers were promoting fake cures. — Avi Tuschman, STAT, 13 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