forbidden word: advocate
advocate v. 1. The committee is advocating revision of the draft laws: recommend, advise, propose, prescribe; champion, urge, promote, campaign for, plead the cause for, argue for, speak out for, stand up for, push for; endorse, support, back, press for, espouse; advance, further, propagate.
— n. 2. The forest ranger is an advocate of environmental protection laws: champion, backer, supporter, proponent, promoter, spokesman for; believer, upholder, apostle, patron; defender, pleader, apologist, propagandist. 3. He hired the best advocate he could find to represent him in court: lawyer, attorney, legal advisor, counsel, conselor, attorney-at-law, barrister, solicitor, Slang mouthpiece.
Ant. 1. oppose, combat, attack, assail, impugn. 2. opponent, adversary, enemy, antagonist, detractor, attacker, accuser.
Word origin: Advocate comes from the Latin advocatus, someone who has been called in to help. Originally used in the sense of legal advisor or friendly witness, the word became a term in Roman law designating the professional who defends one’s interest in a court case.
from – Family Word Finder: Reader’s Digest. The Reader’s Digest Association, 1975.
Example Sentences
Center for SafeSport has sued a leading women’s sports advocate for allegedly defaming him and harming his law practice.
From Salon
Immigration advocates and legal experts say everyone who lives in the United States has the 1st Amendment right to participate in activism and political demonstrations, including protests, regardless of their immigration status.
From Los Angeles Times
Karen helped found Just Moms STL, a group that is dedicated to protecting the community from future exposures that could be linked to cancers – and which advocates for a clean-up of the area.
From BBC
In recent years, advocates of river restoration have called for reengineering the dam and gradually draining Lake Powell to store the water downstream in Lake Mead near Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times
Known as the “godfather of Asian American journalism,” he collected accolades for his work and became a vocal advocate for Asian American visibility in media.
From Los Angeles Times
example sentences for advocate from Thesaurus.com
March 17, 2025
Hudson Valley, New York
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A friendly witness / defending the interests / of language and love
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