Synonyms of advocates

advocates 1 of 2

noun

plural of advocate

1

as in proponents

a person who actively supports or favors a cause

Mark Twain, Noah Webster, and President Theodore Roosevelt are among past advocates of a reformed spelling system

Synonyms & Similar Words

• proponents
• supporters
• advocators
• exponents
• promoters
• boosters
• friends
• apostles
• champions
• protagonists
• paladins
• true believers
• expounders
• heralds
• hierophants
• adherents
• tub-thumpers
• white knights
• backers
• high priests
• loyalists
• stalwarts
• espousers
• interpreters
• disciples
• gospelers
• followers
• partisans
• cohorts
• cheerleaders
• fellow travelers
• encouragers
• applauders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opponents
• adversaries
• antagonists
• enemies
• critics
• foes
• rivals
• faultfinders
• belittlers

2

as in lawyers

a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations

with such a strong case against him, he's going to need the best advocate that money can buy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lawyers
• attorneys
• counselors
• counsels
• attorneys-at-law
• prosecutors
• solicitors
• legislators
• counselors-at-law
• jurists
• legal eagles
• lawmakers
• trial lawyers
• prosecuting attorneys
• district attorneys
• criminal lawyers
• mouthpieces
• lawgivers
• solons
• public defenders
• shysters
• cocounsels
• ambulance chasers
• Philadelphia lawyers
• pettifoggers

advocates

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of advocate

as in endorses

to promote the interests or cause of

environmentalists advocating agricultural methods designed to slow the destruction of rain forests

Synonyms & Similar Words

• endorses
• supports
• champions
• embraces
• adopts
• backs
• patronizes
• helps
• stands up for
• goes in for
• aids
• assists
• plumps (for)
• sticks up for
• holds a brief for
• goes to bat for
• plonks (for)
• plunks (for)
• reinforces
• espouses
• sides (with)
• preaches
• bolsters
• abets
• saves
• rescues
• seconds
• buttresses
• advances
• forwards
• furthers
• props (up)
• backstops
• boosts
• plugs
• bails out
• talks up
• delivers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opposes
• interferes
• frustrates
• thwarts
• baffles
• fails
• foils
• sabotages
• deserts
• disappoints
• lets down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of advocates

Noun

Amid the uncertainty, children have been going to their court hearings without legal representation lately, according to advocates. — Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Some advocates see differently than Alito While many religious liberty advocates openly share Alito's concerns, some have voiced a different view of the current state of affairs. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Patient advocates can also help patients work with a hospital to set up a payment plan, explore additional financial support or coordinate access to community resources. — Jennifer Schlinger, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

The adoptee record advocates planned to continue their lobbying in the coming months. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026

An immigration judge denied him asylum, according to his advocates. — Ismael López, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

While transit advocates successfully fought back higher prices for passengers last year, this time around, the proposal has more support. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Since then, OpenAI has reported other incidents of agents acting without authorization from humans, garnering concerns from AI safety advocates. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026

The effort needs to have advocates embedded across development, test, manufacturing and service. — Yu Fang, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Verb

The group was launched with support from the Government Accountability Project, a nonprofit that advocates for whistle-blowers. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

The key difference between EAs and safetyists is that EAs generally provide funding for AI safety research and risk mitigation, whereas safetyists are researchers and advocates undertaking AI safety work and publicly calling for regulation. — Katie McQue, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026

Sosnick, an avid bicyclist, put an additional $1 million into a pro-Raman committee sponsored by Streets for All, a group that advocates for bike lanes, bus lanes and other street redesigns. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

In addition, Valmores is a member and former president of the Sacramento branch of Soroptimists International, an organization that advocates for women and girls across the world. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Disability advocates publicly worried that the case would eventually dismantle other disability protections. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026

The Arc of Texas, which advocates for Texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. — David Edward Dematthews, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026

First Amendment advocates, as well as the news organizations’ top editors, said the Senate’s demand was a dramatic overreach. — Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

Since 1979, net productivity has climbed roughly 90% while typical workers’ hourly pay has risen about 33%, according to Economic Policy Institute data—a gap advocates for shorter workweeks cite as part of the broader case for reform. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026