From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Demote \De*mote"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Demoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demoting}.] [Pref. de- + mote, as in promote; cf. L. demovere to remove.] To reduce to a lower grade or rank, as in the military, one's employment, or in school; to assign to a lower position.
Syn: bump, relegate, kick downstairs, break one's rank. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sargeant" [syn: {bump}, {relegate}, {break}, {kick downstairs}] [ant: {promote}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "demote": abase, boot, bounce, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, debase, defrock, degrade, demean, dement, deplume, depose, deprive, disbar, discharge, disemploy, disgrade, dismiss, displace, displume, downgrade, drum out, expel, fire, furlough, give the ax, give the gate, humble, kick, kick upstairs, lay off, let go, let out, lower, make redundant, pension off, read out of, reduce, release, remove, replace, retire, sack, separate forcibly, strip, strip of rank, superannuate, surplus, suspend, turn off, turn out, unfrock
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