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Etymology
1. advocate
verb. ['ˈædvəkət, ˈædvəˌkeɪt'] push for something.
Synonyms
- suggest
- advise
- urge
- recommend
Antonyms
- member
- good guy
- smoker
- resident
Etymology
- avocat (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- advocatus (Latin)
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Words that Rhyme with Advocate
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Example sentences of the word advocate
1. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
These plans also advocate at least one full, balanced meal and snacks that are not cereal-based every day.
2. Noun, singular or mass
Then have the second student serve as devil's advocate, questioning the first's reasoning.
Quotes containing the word advocate
1. I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
- Hunter S. Thompson
2. Be an advocate of love and kindness.
- Debasish Mridha
2. advocate
noun. ['ˈædvəkət, ˈædvəˌkeɪt'] a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea.
Synonyms
- soul
- proponent
- champion
- exponent
- humanitarian
- federalist
- vindicator
- constitutionalist
- Maoist
- neoclassicist
- neutralist
- voice
- protagonist
- Platonist
- ideologue
- apologist
- supremacist
- ritualist
- protectionist
- populist
- advocator
- supporter
- Gnostic
- teleologist
- individual
- spokesperson
- partisan
- internationalist
- Jansenist
- friend
- democrat
- mortal
- libertarian
- drumbeater
- partitionist
- isolationist
- humanist
- representative
- irridentist
- booster
- nationalist
- secessionist
- separationist
- person
- suffragist
- irredentist
- Thatcherite
- pro-lifer
- presenter
- admirer
- Darwinian
- secularist
- nullifier
- republican
- justifier
- Marxist
- ideologist
- ruralist
- sponsor
- interpreter
- unilateralist
- zealot
- separatist
- somebody
Antonyms
- stranger
- introvert
- withholder
- male
Etymology
- avocat (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- advocatus (Latin)
3. advocate
verb. ['ˈædvəkət, ˈædvəˌkeɪt'] speak, plead, or argue in favor of.
Synonyms
- preach
- preachify
- exhort
- sermonise
- moralize
- urge
- sermonize
- urge on
- press
Antonyms
- nonreligious person
- follower
- bad guy
- partisan
Etymology
- avocat (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- advocatus (Latin)
4. advocate
noun. ['ˈædvəkət, ˈædvəˌkeɪt'] a lawyer who pleads cases in court.
Synonyms
- attorney
- counsel
- pleader
- counselor
- counselor-at-law
- counsellor
Antonyms
- loser
- unemotional person
- worker
- extrovert
Etymology
- avocat (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- advocatus (Latin)