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   advocate

   noun

   • 1. a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy: "he was an untiring advocate of economic reform" Similar championupholdersupporterbackerpromoterproponentexponentprotectorpatronspokesman forspokeswoman forspokesperson forspeaker forcampaigner forfighter forbattler forcrusader formissionaryreformerpioneerpleaderpropagandistapostleapologistboosterinformal:pluggerOpposite critic
   • 2. a person who puts a case on someone else's behalf: "care managers can become advocates for their clients"
   • ▪ a professional pleader in a court of justice: "solicitors may act as advocates in Crown Courts" Similar barristerlawyercounselcounsellorprofessional pleaderlegal practitionerattorneycounsellor-at-lawinformal:brief
   • ▪ a barrister. Scottish, South African

   verb

   • 1. publicly recommend or support: "voters supported candidates who advocated an Assembly"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French avocat, from Latin advocatus, past participle (used as a noun) of advocare ‘call (to one's aid)’, from ad- ‘to’ + vocare ‘to call’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. advocateship noun
   • 2. advocation noun
   • 3. advocator noun

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   Synonyms for ADVOCATE: proponent, supporter, advocator, exponent, promoter, champion, friend, apostle; Antonyms of ADVOCATE: adversary, opponent, antagonist, enemy, foe, critic, rival, faultfinder.

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   Synonyms for ADVOCATES: proponents, supporters, advocators, exponents, promoters, boosters, friends, apostles; Antonyms of ADVOCATES: opponents, adversaries, antagonists, enemies, critics, foes, rivals, faultfinders

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   English idiom. An advocate of religious tolerance. And he's an enthusiastic advocate of online technology. He accepted that Hitler was an advocate of this policy. What's the definition of Advocate in thesaurus? Most related words/phrases with sentence examples define Advocate meaning and usage.

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   Synonyms for ADVOCATE in English: recommend, support, champion, encourage, propose, favour, defend, promote, urge, advise, ….

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   Synonyms for ADVOCATE: support, recommend, uphold, back, defend, champion, endorse, vindicate, urge, advertise; Antonyms for ADVOCATE: protest, oppose, attack, assail, impugn, criticize, opposition, enemy, protestor, antagonist.

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    Synonyms: supporter, defender, backer, exponent, proponent, champion, promoter, true believer, spokesperson, advocator. Sense: Noun: lawyer. Synonyms:

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