forbidden word: advocates
plural of advocate as a noun. verb.
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
California officials and clean water advocates counter that the rollback of protections will jeopardize vital water sources and ecosystems throughout the arid West.
From Los Angeles Times
Attorneys, industry veterans and consumer advocates have cited this act when asserting that banning children from hotels is illegal.
From Los Angeles Times
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
example sentences for advocates from Thesaurus.com
March 18, 2025
Hudson Valley, New York
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advocates add voice / to acts; act as word as deed; / speaking in action
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