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advocatenoun a person who actively supports or favors a causeMark Twain, Noah Webster, and President Theodore Roosevelt are among past advocates of a reformed spelling system advocator, apostle, backer, booster, champion, espouser, exponent, expounder, friend, gospeler(or gospeller), herald, hierophant, high priest, paladin, promoter, proponent, protagonist, supporter, true believer, tub-thumper, white knight loyalist, partisan(also partizan), stalwartadherent, cohort, disciple, followerinterpreterapplauder, cheerleader, encourager, fellow traveler adversary, antagonist, opponent enemy, foe, rivalbelittler, critic, faultfinder a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligationswith such a strong case against him, he's going to need the best advocate that money can buy attorney, attorney-at-law, counsel, counselor(or counsellor), counselor-at-law, lawyer, legal eagle cocounseldistrict attorney, prosecuting attorney, prosecutor, solicitorcriminal lawyer, mouthpiece(slang), public defender, trial lawyersolicitorjuristlawgiver, lawmaker, legislator, solonambulance chaser, pettifogger, Philadelphia lawyer, shyster to promote the interests or cause ofenvironmentalists advocating agricultural methods designed to slow the destruction of rain forests back, champion, endorse(also indorse), patronize, plump (for), plunk (for)or plonk (for), support adopt, embrace, espouseabet, aid, assist, help, prop (up), second, side (with)backstop, bolster, boost, buttress, reinforce(also reenforce)advance, forward, furtherplug, preach, talk upbail out, deliver, rescue, save go in for, go to bat for, hold a brief for, stand up for, stick up for baffle, foil, frustrate, interfere, oppose, sabotage, thwartdesert, disappoint, fail, let down v.support, uphold, advocate, back, champion mean to favor actively one that meets opposition.support is least explicit about the nature of the assistance given.supports waterfront development uphold implies extended support given to something attacked.upheld the legitimacy of the military action advocate stresses urging or pleading.advocated prison reform back suggests supporting by lending assistance to one failing or falling.refusing to back the call for sanctions champion suggests publicly defending one unjustly attacked or too weak to advocate his or her own cause.championed the rights of children in the 14th century |