advocate
Speaks for others
Advocate has two pronunciations that distinguish the noun from the verb.
The verb has a long ‘a’ in the last syllable.
To advocate something, or advocate for something, is to promote it and work for it to succeed or prevail: They advocated the use of force. The organization advocates for pay equality.
An advocate (unstressed vowel in the last syllable) is someone who promotes a particular idea, cause, or course of action: Sojourner Truth was a women’s rights advocate.
In legal contexts an advocate is someone who pleads the cause of another.
Top competitor, or advocate
- proponentOne who advocates something
- backerFinancial supporter
- allySupportive partner
- endorserOne who publicly approves
defender · upholder · promoter · sponsor · patron · believer · sympathizer · booster
Licensed legal representative
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
- barristerUK courtroom advocate
- solicitorDocument-drafting legal professional
- counselExpert guidance offered
litigator · defender · prosecutor · jurist · courtroom · trial · legal representation · client
Verbally oppose another's view
champion · recommend · endorse · speak for · lobby · campaign · plead · petition
Vigorous cause champion
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- crusaderZealous advocate for change
- reformerAgent of institutional improvement
- organizerArrangement tool or person
protester · lobbyist · grassroots · demonstration · rally · petition · cause · awareness
champion
Top competitor, or advocate
endorser · defender · upholder · promoter · sponsor · patron · believer · sympathizer · booster · voice
attorney
Licensed legal representative
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
- barristerUK courtroom advocate
- solicitorDocument-drafting legal professional
counsel · litigator · defender · prosecutor · jurist · courtroom · trial · legal representation · client · case
argue
Verbally oppose another's view
support · champion · recommend · endorse · speak for · lobby · campaign · plead · petition · appeal
activist
Vigorous cause champion
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- crusaderZealous advocate for change
- reformerAgent of institutional improvement
organizer · protester · lobbyist · grassroots · demonstration · rally · petition · cause · awareness · reform
- assistancehelp, help desk, aid, helpdesk, assistance
- activistsactivist, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activists, protester, campaigner
- advocatesactivist, campaigner, crusader, defender, lobbyist
- mentoringmentors, mentees, protege, apprentice, advisor
- persuaderspersuader, orator, orators, public speaker, speechmaker
- representativesrepresentative, delegate, lawyer, deputy, rep
advocateopponent
One who contends against
critic · adversary · antagonist · detractor · enemy
advocatebystander
One who observes nearby
spectator · onlooker · fence-sitter · abstainer · apathetic
advocateprosecutor
Government's trial lawyer
accuser · prosecution · prosecuting attorney · plaintiff · complainant
- devil's advocateOne who argues against
- play devil's advocateArgue against for examination
- public advocacyPromoting causes openly
- peace advocatesThose promoting nonviolent resolution
- devils advocateIntentional arguer against consensus
- endangered species advocatesThose protecting threatened wildlife