English > advocate: 4 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea. |
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| Synonyms | advocator, proponent, exponent |
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| Narrower | Darwinian | An advocate of Darwinism |
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| Gnostic | An advocate of Gnosticism |
| Jansenist | An advocate of Jansenism |
| Maoist | An advocate of Maoism |
| Marxist | An advocate of Marxism |
| Platonist | An advocate of Platonism |
| Thatcherite | An advocate of Thatcherism |
| apologist, vindicator, justifier | A person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution |
| constitutionalist | An advocate of constitutional government |
| democrat | An advocate of democratic principles |
| federalist | An advocate of federalism |
| humanist, humanitarian | An advocate of the principles of humanism |
| ideologist, ideologue | An advocate of some ideology / ideology |
| internationalist | An advocate of internationalism |
| irredentist, irridentist | An advocate of irredentism |
| isolationist | An advocate of isolationism in international affairs |
| libertarian | An advocate of libertarianism |
| nationalist | An advocate of national independence of or a strong national government |
| neoclassicist | An advocate of neoclassicism |
| neutralist | An advocate of neutrality in international affairs |
| nullifier | An advocate of nullification |
| partisan, zealot, drumbeater | A fervent and even militant / militant proponent of something |
| partitionist | An advocate of partitioning a country |
| populist | Someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite |
| presenter, sponsor | An advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.) |
| pro-lifer | An advocate of full legal protection for embryos and fetuses |
| protectionist | An advocate of protectionism |
| republican | An advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy) |
| ritualist | An advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms |
| ruralist | An advocate of rural living |
| secessionist | An advocate of secessionism |
| secularist | An advocate of secularism |
| separatist, separationist | An advocate of secession or separation from a larger / larger group (such as an established church or a national union) |
| spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice | An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose |
| suffragist | An advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women) |
| supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend | A person who backs a politician or a team etc. |
| supremacist | A person who advocates the supremacy of some particular group or race over all others |
| teleologist | advocate of teleology |
| unilateralist | An advocate of unilateralism |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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| Spanish | defensor, partidaria, partidario, portavoz, proponente, representante, vocero |
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| Catalan | defensor, partidari, proponent |
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| Verbs | advocate | speak, plead, or argue in favor of |
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English > advocate: 4 senses > verb 2, communication| Meaning | speak, plead, or argue in favor of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to somebody |
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| Example | "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house" |
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| Synonym | preach |
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| Entailed by | proselytize, proselytise | convert to another faith or religion |
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| Narrower | sermonize, sermonise, preachify, moralize, moralise | speak as if delivering a sermon |
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| Broader | urge, urge on, press, exhort | Force or impel in an indicated direction |
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| Spanish | abogar, apoyar, predicar, propugnar, sermonear |
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| Catalan | predicar, propugnar, semonejar |
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| Nouns | advocacy | active support of an idea or cause etc. |
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| advocate, advocator | a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
