Advocate

//ˈæd.və.kət//

Synonyms for "advocate" (304 found)

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Closest matches (61)

Strong matches (91)

Related words (152)

legal practitioner legalist lieutenant lobby locum locum tenens lover maecenas mainstay maintain maintainer make a plea mast meddle mouthpiece move nag neck neighbor other self

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paladin paranymph partisan party patron pickup pinch hitter plead plead for plead with pleader plug preach prescribe press pressure proctor procurator promote promoter prop proponent propose protagonist protect protector proxy puff push rebut refute reinforce reinforcement reinforcer reliance reply repository representative respond rest resting place rigging riposte safeguard sanction say in defense screen sea lawyer second second in command secondary seconder sectary secure self-styled lawyer shield shine upon shoulder shroud side with sider smile upon soft soap soft-soap solicitor speak for speak highly of speak up for speak warmly of speak well of spine sponsor sprit staff stalwart stand stand behind stand by stand in stand up for stand-in standby standing rigging stave stay stick stick up for stiffener strengthener submit subscribe substitute successful advocate suggest support supporter surrogate sustain sustainer sweet talk sweet-talk sympathizer take tout understudy uphold upholder urge urge reasons for utility man vicar vicar general vice vicegerent vindicate vindicator votary walking stick well-wisher wheedle whitewasher work on

Noun(5 words)

legal representative limb of the law man of law pleader proponent

Verb(5 words)

preach prompt proselytize recommend urge

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

12 entries

actor advise attorney doer exhort lawyer press propose suggest urge urge on worker

Synonyms

2 entries

preach recommend

Related terms

5 entries

advocacy advocation advocator avocate

capable of

1 entries

push idea

derived

15 entries

Windvocate advocate general advocater advocateship advocatess advocative advocatory angel's advocate badvocate devil's advocate hyperadvocate judge advocate nonadvocate special education advocate subadvocate

etymologically related_to

3 entries

avouch avow paraclete

has context

1 entries

law

is a

3 entries

lawyer magazine person

related to

7 entries

advocacy advocation avocate counsel encourage intercessor support

Translations

199 translations across 48 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

avokat noun (person who argues the case of another)
mbrojtës noun (person who speaks in support of something)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

δικήγορος noun (person who argues the case of another)
πρόδικος noun (person who argues the case of another)

Arabic

4 entries

لسان حال noun (person who speaks in support of something)
محامي noun (person who argues the case of another)
محامية noun (person who argues the case of another)
ناطق بلسان noun (person who speaks in support of something)

Armenian

3 entries

իրավաբան noun (person who argues the case of another)
կողմնակից noun (person who speaks in support of something)
փաստաբան noun (person who argues the case of another)

Belarusian

1 entries

адвака́т noun (person who argues the case of another)

Bulgarian

4 entries

адвока́т noun (person who argues the case of another)
адвока́тка noun (person who argues the case of another)
защитник noun (person who speaks in support of something)
поддръжник noun (person who speaks in support of something)

Catalan

2 entries

advocat noun (person who argues the case of another)
advocar verb (encourage support for)

Central Franconian

1 entries

aabeveële verb (encourage support for)

Chechen

1 entries

юрист noun (person who argues the case of another)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

主張 /主张 verb (argue for)
倡導 /倡导 verb (argue for)
提倡 verb (argue for)
鼓吹 verb (argue for)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

advokat noun (person who argues the case of another)

Czech

4 entries

advokát noun (person who argues the case of another)
obhájce noun (person who argues the case of another)
právnička noun (person who argues the case of another)
právník noun (person who argues the case of another)

Danish

4 entries

advokat noun (person who argues the case of another)
forkæmper noun (person who speaks in support of something)
argumentere for verb (argue for)
fortale verb (argue for)

Dutch

4 entries

advocaat noun (person who argues the case of another)
advocate noun (person who argues the case of another)
verdediger noun (person who argues the case of another)
verdediger noun (person who speaks in support of something)

Esperanto

2 entries

advokato noun (someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law)
advokato noun (person who argues the case of another)

Finnish

4 entries

asianajaja noun (someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law)
asianajaja noun (person who speaks in support of something)
puolestapuhuja noun (person who argues the case of another)
puolestapuhuja noun (person who speaks in support of something)

French

4 entries

avocat noun (person who argues the case of another)
avocate noun (person who argues the case of another)
porte-parole noun (person who speaks in support of something)
plaider verb (argue for)

Galician

4 entries

avogada noun (person who argues the case of another)
avogado noun (person who argues the case of another)
avogar verb (argue for)
defender verb (argue for)

Georgian

2 entries

ადვოკატი noun (someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law)
ადვოკატი noun (person who argues the case of another)

German

4 entries

Advokat noun (someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law)
Advokatin noun (someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law)
Anwalt noun (person who speaks in support of something)
Fürsprecher noun (person who speaks in support of something)

Greek

4 entries

συνήγορος noun (person who argues the case of another)
υπέρμαχος noun (person who speaks in support of something)
υπερασπιστής noun (person who speaks in support of something)
υποστηρικτής noun (person who speaks in support of something)

Hebrew

1 entries

סנגור noun (person who argues the case of another)

Icelandic

1 entries

formælandi noun (person who speaks in support of something)

Ido

4 entries

advokato noun (person who argues the case of another)
advokato noun (person who speaks in support of something)
pledar verb (argue for)
rekomendar verb (argue for)

Indonesian

3 entries

advokat noun (person who argues the case of another)
pembela noun (person who speaks in support of something)
pengacara noun (person who argues the case of another)

Irish

1 entries

abhcóide noun (person who argues the case of another)

Italian

4 entries

avvocata noun (person who argues the case of another)
avvocato noun (person who argues the case of another)
sostenitore noun (person who speaks in support of something)
sostenitrice noun (person who speaks in support of something)

Japanese

4 entries

主張する verb (argue for)
支持する verb (encourage support for)
説く verb (argue for)
説く verb (encourage support for)

Khmer

1 entries

ស្មាក្ដី noun (person who argues the case of another)

Ladin

1 entries

aucat noun (person who argues the case of another)

Latin

4 entries

advocātus noun (person who argues the case of another)
cognitor noun (person who argues the case of another)
supersum verb (argue for)
supersum verb (encourage support for)

Macedonian

3 entries

адвокат noun (person who argues the case of another)
заштитник noun (person who speaks in support of something)
поборник noun (person who speaks in support of something)

Malayalam

2 entries

അഭിഭാഷകന് noun (person who argues the case of another)
വക്കീല് noun (person who argues the case of another)

Maltese

4 entries

avukat noun (person who argues the case of another)
avukatessa noun (person who argues the case of another)
diffensur noun (person who speaks in support of something)
diffensura noun (person who speaks in support of something)

Middle English

1 entries

oratour noun (person who argues the case of another)

Māori

4 entries

aumangea noun (person who speaks in support of something)
kaihāpai noun (person who speaks in support of something)
kaikōkiri noun (person who speaks in support of something)
kaitaunaki noun (person who speaks in support of something)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

forkjemper noun (person who speaks in support of something)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

forkjempar noun (person who speaks in support of something)

Polish

4 entries

adwokat noun (someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law)
adwokat noun (person who argues the case of another)
adwokat noun (person who speaks in support of something)
adwokatka noun (someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law)

Portuguese

4 entries

advogada noun (person who argues the case of another)
advogado noun (person who argues the case of another)
defensor noun (person who speaks in support of something)
representante noun (person who speaks in support of something)

Russian

4 entries

адвока́т noun (person who argues the case of another)
защи́тник noun (person who argues the case of another)
защи́тник noun (person who speaks in support of something)
защи́тница noun (person who argues the case of another)

Slovene

4 entries

podpornica noun (person who speaks in support of something)
podpornik noun (person who speaks in support of something)
zagovornica noun (person who argues the case of another)
zagovornik noun (person who argues the case of another)

Spanish

4 entries

abogada noun (person who argues the case of another)
abogado noun (someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law)
abogado noun (person who argues the case of another)
abogador noun (person who speaks in support of something)

Swedish

4 entries

advokat noun (person who argues the case of another)
förespråkare noun (person who speaks in support of something)
förespråka verb (argue for)
förespråka verb (encourage support for)

Tagalog

1 entries

abogado noun (person who argues the case of another)

Tamil

1 entries

வக்கீல் noun (person who argues the case of another)

Tocharian B

1 entries

weñmo noun (person who argues the case of another)

Volapük

3 entries

hilavogan noun (person who argues the case of another)
jilavogan noun (person who argues the case of another)
lavogan noun (person who argues the case of another)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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You should advocate disarmament.

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I may be playing the devil's advocate, but I have to ask, what are we going to do if we don't get all the customers we expect?

Source: tatoeba (29146)

He got tired of being the devil's advocate and now agrees with every idea they suggest, no matter how dumb.

Source: tatoeba (289277)

More and more environmentalists advocate and use environmentally friendly unleaded petrol in cars.

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