Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.
- 2noun
One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth.
- 3noun
Christ, considered as an intercessor.
- 4noun
To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
- 5intransitive verb
To act as advocate.
- 6noun
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
- 7noun
a lawyer who pleads cases in court
- 8verb
speak, plead, or argue in favor of
"The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
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- 9verb
push for something
"The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
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