advocate

Definition of advocate

noun:

• a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea. Synonyms: advocator, exponent, proponent.
• a lawyer who pleads cases in court. Synonyms: counsel, counsellor, counselor, counselor-at-law, pleader.

verb:

• push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day". Synonyms: recommend, urge.
• speak, plead, or argue in favor of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house". Synonyms: preach.

Related words

admirer, apologist, booster, champion, democrat, drumbeater, federalist, friend, humanist, humanitarian, ideologist, ideologue, interpreter, irredentist, irridentist, isolationist, justifier, libertarian, moralise, moralize, nationalist, neoclassicist, neutralist, nullifier, partisan, partitionist, populist, preachify, presenter, protagonist, protectionist, representative, republican, ritualist, ruralist, secessionist, secularist, separationist, separatist, sermonise, sermonize, spokesperson, sponsor, suffragist, supporter, supremacist, teleologist, unilateralist, vindicator, voice, zealot.

Start with advocate

advocated, advocates.