promoting 1 of 2

adjective

as in nurturing

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in encouraging
to help the growth or development of a campaign promoting good dental hygiene

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
4
as in selling
to provide publicity for promoting a new line of toys based on the popular movie

Synonyms & Similar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of promoting
Verb
Chater doesn’t disagree, particularly as promoting the album has prompted more conversations about the subject. — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2026 Many classical Christian schools go a step further in their focus on reclaiming and promoting Western Christian culture. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 Prior to promoting the film’s remaster, the band had not made an appearance together in decades. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026 Snippets of those conversations were included in a video promoting the award. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 And Faber can keep publishing and promoting her in other countries, including her native Ireland. — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026 Revolutionary socialist organization promoting student-worker mobilization. — Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Constant worldwide travel – that would be one downside; another, for Marczak, has to do with promoting the film through social media. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026 The question is whether the humans responsible for building, testing, and promoting these systems first put foolproof safeguards in place. — John Caruso, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for promoting
  1. encouraging
  2. upgrading
  3. cultivating
  4. growing
  5. selling
  6. elevating
  7. fostering
  8. producing
Adjective
  • Other big tech stocks likewise fell following quarterly reports that included at least some encouraging nuggets.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Besides SpaceX’s profit report showing strength for AI spending, another encouraging signal for the industry came from Super Micro Computer, which sells AI servers and services.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of encouraging
Verb
  • In addition to upgrading existing stores for Prada, Miu Miu and Max Mara, K11 Musea is expected to open The Place LV, Louis Vuitton’s hybrid retail concept that also counts locations in Seoul and Bangkok.
    — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • That's a pretty important detail if the smarter assistant is your main reason for upgrading.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of upgrading
Verb
  • The challenge is not racing to construct a synthetic copy but cultivating the capacity to recognize, interface with and leverage what has been present all along.
    — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Maintaining relationships with existing owners and cultivating enthusiasm among future buyers can be just as important.
    — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of cultivating
Verb
  • Hurricane Trudy moved toward southwestern and west-central areas of Mexico's Pacific coast and could keep growing through Saturday, forecasters said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Albania’s unrest coincides with growing street protests elsewhere in Europe.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of growing
Verb
  • SpaceX would be awarding nearly half of its future earnings to Tesla’s selling shareholders.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Tesla’s letter to investors says its flat revenues were due to lower average selling prices, selling fewer cars, not receiving as much in credits, and also the decline of its energy storage business.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of selling
Verb
  • From elevating beds to expanding sections to sliding walls and even entire roofs, these 10 homes transform to get maximum use out of a compact space.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Holland was ousted in 2020, when Sarandos combined English-language and international content under Bajaria (elevating the latter to the largest autonomous content job in the streamer’s history).
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of elevating
Verb
  • Schmit has written about the role of state policy in fostering health information exchange and its benefits to the public, such as tracking measles outbreaks.
    — Alex Rosenblat — CalMatters, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026
  • But beyond fostering innovation in brain science, the building sets new standards for sustainability in research labs, which often use more energy than hospitals.
    — Martin Cizmar, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of fostering
Verb
  • The three colors are mixed in different combinations and ratios, producing 16 different shades.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Deep underground, iron-rich rocks could hold the key to producing hydrogen at a fraction of the cost of conventional fuels.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of producing

Browse Nearby Words

promotes
promoting
promotion
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Promoting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promoting. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of puissant

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Can' vs. 'May'

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Words of the Week - Oct. 23

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
different halloween monsters in silhouette
A Monstrous Vocab Quiz Words That Go Bump in the Night
See All