A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea.

synoniemen: advocator, exponent, proponent.

Roget 758: consignee, trustee, nominee, committee.    agent, delegate; commissary, commissioner; emissary, envoy, commissionaire [Fr.]; messenger etc. 534.    diplomatist, diplomat, diplomate, corps diplomatique [Fr.], embassy; ambassador, embassador^†; representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio^†, charge d'affaires [Fr.], attache.    vicegerent etc. (deputy) 759; plenipotentiary.    functionary, placeman^†, curator; treasurer etc. 801; factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business; factotum etc. (director) 694; caretaker; dalal^†, dubash^†, garnishee, gomashta^†.    negotiator, go-between; middleman; under agent, employe; servant etc. 746; referee, arbitrator etc. (judge) 967.    traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur [Fr.], touter^†, commercial traveler, drummer [U.S.], traveling man.    newspaper correspondent, own correspondent, special correspondent.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 937: vindication, justification, warrant; exoneration, exculpation; acquittal etc. 970; whitewashing.    extenuation; palliation, palliative; softening, mitigation.    reply, defense; recrimination etc. 938.    apology, gloss, varnish; plea etc. 617; salvo; excuse, extenuating circumstances; allowance, allowance to be made; locus paenitentiae [Lat.].    apologist, vindicator, justifier; defendant etc. 938.    justifiable charge, true bill.    v.. justify, warrant; be an excuse for etc. n.; lend a color, furnish a handle; vindicate; exculpate, disculpate^†; acquit etc. 970; clear, set right, exonerate, whitewash; clear the skirts of.    extenuate, palliate, excuse, soften, apologize, varnish, slur, gloze; put a gloss, put a good face upon; mince; gloss over, bolster up, help a lame dog over a stile.    advocate, defend, plead one's cause; stand up for, stick up for, speak up for; contend for, speak for; bear out, keep in countenance, support; plead &c., 617; say in defense; plead ignorance; confess and avoid, propugn^†, put in a good word for.    take the will for the deed, make allowance for, give credit for, do justice to; give one his due, give the Devil his due.    make good; prove the truth of, prove one's case; be justified by the event.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 914: pity, compassion, commiseration; bowels, of compassion; sympathy, fellow-feeling, tenderness, yearning, forbearance, humanity, mercy, clemency; leniency etc. (lenity) 740; charity, ruth, long-suffering.    melting mood; argumentum ad misericordiam [Lat.], quarter, grace, locus paenitentiae [Lat.].    sympathizer; advocate, friend, partisan, patron, wellwisher.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 890: friend, friend of one's bosom; alter ego; best friend, bosom friend, soulmate, fast friend; amicus [Lat.]; usque ad aras [Lat.]; fidus Achates [Lat.]; persona grata.    acquaintance, neighbor, next-door neighbor, casual acquaintance, nodding acquaintance; wellwisher.    favorer, fautor^†, patron, Mecaenas; tutelary saint, good genius, advocate, partisan, sympathizer; ally; friend in need etc. (auxiliary) 711.    comrade, mate, companion, familiar, confrere, comrade, camarade^†, confidante, intimate; old crony, crony; chum; pal; buddy, bosom buddy; playfellow, playmate, childhood friend; bedfellow, bedmate; chamber fellow.    associate, colleague, compeer.    schoolmate, schoolfellow^†; classfellow^†, classman^†, classmate; roommate; fellow-man, stable companion.    best man, maid of honor, matron of honor.    compatriot; fellow countryman, countryman.    shopmate, fellow-worker, shipmate, messmate^†; fellow companion, boon companion, pot companion; copartner, partner, senior partner, junior partner.    Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Pollux^†, Nisus and Euryalus [Lat.], Damon and Pythias, par nobile fratrum [Lat.].    host, Amphitryon^†, Boniface; guest, visitor, prot_eg_e.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 711: auxiliary; recruit; assistant; adjuvant, adjutant; ayudante^†, coaid^†; adjunct; help, helper, help mate, helping hand; midwife; colleague, partner, mate, confrere, cooperator; coadjutor, coadjutrix^†; collaborator.    ally; friend etc. 890, confidant, fidus Achates [Lat.], pal, buddy, alter ego.    [criminal law] confederate; accomplice; complice; accessory, accessory after the fact; particeps criminis [Lat.]; socius criminis [Lat.].    aide-de-camp, secretary, clerk, associate, marshal; right-hand, right-hand man, Friday, girl Friday, man Friday, gopher, gofer; candle-holder, bottle-holder; handmaid; servant etc. 746; puppet, cat's-paw, jackal^†.    tool, dupe, stooge, ame damnee [Fr.]; satellite, adherent.    votary; sectarian, secretary; seconder, backer, upholder, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, patron, friend at court, mediator; angel (theater, entertainment). friend in need, Jack at a pinch, deus ex machina [Lat.], guardian angel, tutelary genius.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: voorstander, protagonist, voorvechter

A lawyer who pleads cases in court.

synoniemen: counsel, counsellor, counselor, counselor-at-law, pleader.

Roget 968: lawyer, attorney, legal counsel; counsel, counsellor, counsellor at law, attorney at law; jurist, legist^†, civilian, pundit, publicist, juris consult [Lat.], legal adviser, advocate; barrister, barrister at law; King's or Queen's counsel; K.   C.; Q.   C.; silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher; tubman^†, judge etc. 967.    bar, legal profession, bar association, association of trial lawyers; officer of the court; gentleman of the long robe; junior bar, outer bar, inner bar; equity draftsman, conveyancer, pleader, special pleader.    solicitor, proctor; notary, notary public; scrivener, cursitor^†; writer, writer to the signet; S.   S.C.; limb of the law; pettifogger; vakil^†.    legal beagle [Coll.].    [persons accessory to lawyers] legal secretary; legal assistant; law student.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: advocaat, raadsman
Pools: adwokat, obrona, obrońca

Push for something.

synoniemen: recommend, urge.

Roget 707: aid, assist, help, succor, lend one's aid; come to the aid etc. n.. of; contribute, subscribe to; bring aid, give aid, furnish aid, afford aid, supply aid etc. n.; give a helping hand, stretch a hand, lend a helping hand, lend a hand, bear a helping hand, hold out a hand, hold out a helping hand; give one a life, give one a cast, give one a turn; take by the hand, take in tow; help a lame dog over a stile, lend wings to.    relieve, rescue; set up, set agoing^†, set on one's legs; bear through, pull through; give new life to, be the making of; reinforce, reenforce, recruit; set forward, put forward, push forward; give a lift, give a shove, give an impulse to; promote, further, forward, advance expedite, speed, quicken, hasten.    support, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, bolster.    cradle, nourish; nurture, nurse, dry nurse, suckle, put out to nurse; manure, cultivate, force; foster, cherish, foment; feed the flame, fan the flame.    serve; do service to, tender to, pander to; administer to, subminister to^†, minister to; tend, attend, wait on; take care of etc. 459; entertain; smooth the bed of death.    oblige, accommodate, consult the wishes of; humor, cheer, encourage.    second, stand by; back, back up; pay the piper, abet; work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for; take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of; advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service; squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize; lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to; smile upon, shine upon; favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of; side with etc. (cooperate) 709.    be of use to; subserve etc. (instrument) 631; benefit etc. 648; render a service etc. (utility) 644; conduce etc. (tend) 176.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 695: advise, counsel; give advice, give counsel, give a piece of advice [Fr.]; suggest, prompt, submonish^†, recommend, prescribe, advocate; exhort etc. (persuade) 615.    enjoin, enforce, charge, instruct, call; call upon etc. (request) 765; dictate.    expostulate etc. (dissuade) 616; admonish etc. (warn) 668.    advise with; lay heads together, consult together; compare notes; hold a council, deliberate, be closeted with.    confer, consult, refer to, call in; take advice, follow advice; be advised by, have at one's elbow, take one's cue from.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 615: induce, move; draw, draw on; bring in its train, give an impulse etc. n.; to; inspire; put up to, prompt, call up; attract, beckon.    stimulate etc. (excite) 824; spirit up, inspirit; rouse, arouse; animate, incite, foment, provoke, instigate, set on, actuate; act upon, work upon, operate upon; encourage; pat on the back, pat on the shoulder, clap on the back, clap on the shoulder.    influence, weigh with, bias, sway, incline, dispose, predispose, turn the scale, inoculate; lead by the nose; have influence with, have influence over, have influence upon, exercise influence with, exercise influence over, exercise influence upon; go round, come round one; turn the head, magnetize; lobby.    persuade; prevail with, prevail upon; overcome, carry; bring round to one's senses, bring to one's senses; draw over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over; procure, enlist, engage; invite, court.    tempt, seduce, overpersuade^†, entice, allure, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, carry away, charm, conciliate, wheedle, coax, lure; inveigle; tantalize; cajole etc. (deceive) 545.    tamper with, bribe, suborn, grease the palm, bait with a silver hook, gild the pill, make things pleasant, put a sop into the pan, throw a sop to, bait the hook.    enforce, force; impel etc. (push) 276; propel etc. 284; whip, lash, goad, spur, prick, urge; egg on, hound, hurry on; drag etc. 285; exhort; advise etc. 695; call upon &c.; press etc. (request) 765; advocate.    set an example, set the fashion; keep in countenance.    be persuaded &c.; yield to temptation, come round; concede etc. (consent) 762; obey a call; follow advice, follow the bent, follow the dictates of; act on principle.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: pleiten, aanraden, adviseren, raden

Speak, plead, or argue in favor of:
— The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house.

synoniem: preach.