Advocate Synonyms and Antonyms

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Person supporting an idea or cause publicly
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. counselor
  2. proponent
  3. exponent
  4. advocate
  5. advocatus diaboli
  6. agent
  7. apologist
  8. barrister
  9. champion
  10. counsel
  11. advocator
  12. defender
  13. exemplifier
  14. hierophant
  15. lawyer
  16. paladin
  17. paraclete
  18. paranymph
  19. partisan
  20. promoter
  21. counsellor
  22. justifier
  23. apologete
  24. reinforcer
  25. propagandist
  26. protagonist
  27. upholder
  28. vindicator
  29. counselor-at-law
  30. apologizer
  31. pleader
  32. barrister-at-law
  33. guywire
Antonyms:
  1. opposition
  2. enemy
  3. protestor
  4. antagonist
  5. assailant
To promote
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bolster
  2. push
  3. further
  4. advance
To speak, plead, or argue in favor of:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. support

Words Related to Advocate

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. See syn. study at
  2. advocation
  3. interventionist
  4. criticise
  5. argue

Advocate Sentence Examples

  • Be an advocate of her privacy, not her identification.

  • When you have visited a place, you will find it harder to advocate its destruction.

  • Abraham Lincoln hated slavery and became an advocate of abolitionism.

  • In 1789 he was an advocate at the parlement of Normandy.

  • The company is a strong advocate for wind power.

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