advocate

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I - noun

1. a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
advocator, proponent, exponent
• Derivationally related forms:
propound (for: proponent), advocate (for: advocator)
• Hypernyms:
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
• Hyponyms:
apologist, vindicator, justifier, constitutionalist, Darwinian,
democrat, populist, federalist, Gnostic, humanist, humanitarian,
ideologist, ideologue, internationalist, irredentist, irridentist, isolationist,
Jansenist, libertarian, Maoist, Marxist, nationalist, neoclassicist,
neutralist, nullifier, partisan, zealot, drumbeater, partitionist,
Platonist, pro-lifer, presenter, sponsor, protectionist, republican,
ritualist, ruralist, secessionist, secularist, separatist, separationist,
spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice, suffragist, supporter,
protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend, supremacist,
teleologist, Thatcherite, unilateralist
2. a lawyer who pleads cases in court
• Syn:
counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader
• Derivationally related forms:
plead (for: pleader), counsellorship (for: counsellor), counselorship (for: counselor), counsel (for: counsel)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
lawyer, attorney

II - verb

1. push for something (Freq. 9)
- The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day
• Syn:
recommend, urge
• Derivationally related forms:
urgent (for: urge), urgency (for: urge), recommendation (for: recommend)
• Hypernyms:
propose, suggest, advise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. speak, plead, or argue in favor of (Freq. 1)
- The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house
• Syn:
preach
• Derivationally related forms:
advocator, advocacy, preaching (for: preach)
• Hypernyms:
urge, urge on, press, exhort
• Hyponyms:
sermonize, sermonise, preachify, moralize, moralise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s to somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader, advocator, proponent, exponent, preach, recommend, urge