Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tenure

1 sense of tenure

Sense 1
tenure -- (give life-time employment to; "She was tenured after she published her book")
       => promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate -- (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work")

Antonyms of adj tenured

1 sense of tenured

Sense 1
tenured -- (appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime; "an irremovable officer"; "a tenured professor")

INDIRECT (VIA irremovable) -> removable -- (capable of being removed or taken away or dismissed; "a removable cord"; "removable partitions")

Similarity of adj tenured

1 sense of tenured

Sense 1
tenured -- (appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime; "an irremovable officer"; "a tenured professor")
       => irremovable (vs. removable) -- (incapable of being removed or away or dismiss; "irremovable boulders"; "irremovable obstacles")