advocate

advocate is a 8-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.
2. noun. One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth.
3. noun. Christ, considered as an intercessor.
4. noun. To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
5. intransitive verb. To act as advocate.
6. noun. a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

   Synonyms: advocator, exponent, proponent

7. noun. a lawyer who pleads cases in court

   Synonyms: counsel, counsellor, counselor, pleader

8. verb. speak, plead, or argue in favor of

   "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"

   Synonyms: preach

9. verb. push for something

   "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

   Synonyms: recommend, urge

Synonyms

advocator, exponent, proponent, counsel, counsellor, counselor, pleader, preach, recommend, urge

Common word forms

advocated, advocates, advocating

Words from these letters

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