advocate
/ˈædvʌkʌt/
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Definitions
Noun
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
Noun
a lawyer who pleads cases in court
Verb
push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
Verb
speak, plead, or argue in favor of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
Synonyms
advocator
counsel
counsellor
counselor
counselor-at-law
exponent
pleader
preach
proponent
recommend
urge
More General Terms
advise
attorney
exhort
individual
lawyer
mortal
person
press
propose
somebody
someone
soul
suggest
urge
urge on
More Specific Terms
admirer
apologist
booster
champion
constitutionalist
Darwinian
democrat
drumbeater
federalist
friend
Gnostic
humanist
humanitarian
ideologist
ideologue
internationalist
interpreter
irredentist
irridentist
isolationist
Jansenist
justifier
libertarian
Maoist
Marxist
moralise
moralize
nationalist
neoclassicist
neutralist
nullifier
partisan
partitionist
Platonist
populist
preachify
presenter
pro-lifer
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protectionist
representative
republican
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ruralist
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secularist
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sermonise
sermonize
spokesperson
sponsor
suffragist
supporter
supremacist
teleologist
Thatcherite
unilateralist
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voice
zealot