Definition of advocate Advocate

/æˈdvʌkʌt/ - [atdvukut] - ad•vo•cate

We found 19 definitions of advocate from 6 different sources.

What does advocate mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: advocates
advocate - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
		advocator, proponent, exponent
		mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism
		apologist, justifier, vindicator a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution; "an apologist for capital punishment"
		constitutionalist an advocate of constitutional government
		darwinian an advocate of Darwinism
		populist, democrat an advocate of democratic principles
		federalist an advocate of federalism
		gnostic an advocate of Gnosticism
		humanist, humanitarian a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts
		ideologist, ideologue an advocate of some ideology
		internationalist a member of a socialist or communist international
		irredentist, irridentist an advocate of irredentism
		isolationist an advocate of isolationism in international affairs
		jansenist an advocate of Jansenism
		libertarian someone who believes the doctrine of free will
		maoist an advocate of Maoism
		marxist an advocate of Marxism
		nationalist an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government
		neoclassicist an advocate of neoclassicism
		neutralist an advocate of neutrality in international affairs
		nullifier an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws
		drumbeater, zealot, partisan a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans
		partitionist an advocate of partitioning a country
		platonist an advocate of Platonism
		pro-lifer an advocate of full legal protection for embryos and fetuses; someone opposed to legalized induced abortion
		sponsor, presenter an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)
		protectionist an advocate of protectionism
		republican a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas
		ritualist a social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies
		ruralist an advocate of rural living
		secessionist an advocate of secessionism
		secularist an advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education
		separationist, separatist an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)
		spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
		suffragist an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)
		protagonist, admirer, champion, friend, supporter, booster the principal character in a work of fiction
		supremacist a person who advocates the supremacy of some particular group or race over all others
		teleologist advocate of teleology
		thatcherite an advocate of Thatcherism
advocate - a lawyer who pleads cases in court
		counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader
		attorney, lawyer a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

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Wiktionary

advocate (Noun)
Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
advocate (Noun)
Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
advocate (Noun)
A person who speaks in support of something.
advocate (Noun)
A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
advocate (Verb)
To argue for someone else.
advocate (Verb)
To encourage support for something.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

advocate (n.)
One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.
advocate (n.)
One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth.
advocate (n.)
Christ, considered as an intercessor.
advocate (n.)
To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
advocate (v. i.)
To act as advocate.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

advocate
To encourage support for something.
advocate
One who supports something.
advocate
A lawyer who pleads cases in court.
advocate
To push for something.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

advocate
ad′vo-kāt, n. an intercessor or defender: one who pleads the cause of another, esp. in a court of law in Scotland and France.—v.t. to plead in favour of: to recommend.—ns. Advocā′tion; Ad′vocator.—Lord Advocate, the first law-officer of the crown and public prosecutor of crimes for Scotland. [O. Fr. avocat—L. advocatus—advocāre, -ātum—ad, to, vocāre, to call: to call in (another to help, as in a lawsuit or in sickness).]