Another word for advocate | Synonyms for advocate

Another word for advocate

advocate Synonyms

advocate

v.

To defend
vindicate, plead for, uphold; see defend 3.
To promote
bolster, push, further, advance; see promote 1, support 2. See syn. study at support.

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Another word for advocate

verb

To aid the cause of by approving or favoring:

back, champion, endorse, get behind, plump for, recommend, side with, stand behind, stand by, support, uphold. Idioms: align oneself with, go to bat for, take the part of. See support

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When you have visited a place, you will find it harder to advocate its destruction.
Be an advocate of her privacy, not her identification.
In 1789 he was an advocate at the parlement of Normandy.
Abraham Lincoln hated slavery and became an advocate of abolitionism.
Dissatisfied with ecclesiastical life, Genovesi resigned his post, and qualified as an advocate at Rome.

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