advocate

advocate has 9 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.
• n.. One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth.
• n.. Christ, considered as an intercessor.
• n.. To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
• v. i.. To act as advocate.
• n.. a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
• n.. a lawyer who pleads cases in court
• v.. speak, plead, or argue in favor of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
• v.. push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"