promote
verb
[ prəˈməʊt ]
• support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of.
• "some regulation is still required to promote competition"
Similar:
encourage,
further,
advance,
assist,
aid,
help,
contribute to,
foster,
nurture,
develop,
boost,
stimulate,
forward,
advocate,
recommend,
urge,
support,
back,
endorse,
champion,
speak for,
proselytize,
sponsor,
espouse,
push for,
work for,
• raise (someone) to a higher position or rank.
• "she was promoted to General Manager"
Similar:
advance,
upgrade,
give promotion to,
give a higher position to,
elevate,
move up,
raise,
improve the position/status of,
aggrandize,
kick upstairs,
prefer,
• (of an additive) act as a promoter of (a catalyst).
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin promot- ‘moved forward’, from the verb promovere, from pro- ‘forward, onward’ + movere ‘to move’.
