Synonyms of advocating

advocating

verb

present participle of advocate

as in endorsing

to promote the interests or cause of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• endorsing
• supporting
• championing
• adopting
• embracing
• backing
• helping
• patronizing
• assisting
• aiding
• going in for
• standing up for
• reinforcing
• espousing
• plumping (for)
• holding a brief for
• plonking (for)
• plunking (for)
• sticking up for
• saving
• preaching
• going to bat for
• furthering
• abetting
• bolstering
• rescuing
• seconding
• forwarding
• buttressing
• advancing
• siding (with)
• propping (up)
• boosting
• plugging
• backstopping
• talking up
• delivering
• bailing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opposing
• interfering
• thwarting
• sabotaging
• frustrating
• baffling
• failing
• disappointing
• deserting
• foiling
• letting down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of advocating

Huerta, a labor leader who is most known advocating for farmworkers rights alongside activist Cesar Chavez, was instrumental in creating the United Farm Workers union and earned numerous humanitarian awards for her accomplishments. — Hannah Ruhoff, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026

The group holds in-person events, and Nabiha can be spotted on college campuses in a blow-up unicorn costume advocating for Bass. — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

The exchange is one of many contentious clashes between those who oppose data centers in their communities, which have earned bipartisan hatred, and those advocating for them. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 29 Oct. 2026

Maher needed to be by his side during hospital stays, advocating for him on a moment's notice, so now the family also needed to pay for child care. — Kat McGowan, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026

Federal law requires stations to charge candidates their lowest rate in the run-up to elections — a carve-out not extended to independent groups advocating for or against specific issues. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 27 Oct. 2026

Standing up to the Pentagon, temporarily holding back access to frontier models, and publicly advocating for safer AI policies are a few examples, among others. — Sigal Samuel, Vox, 27 Oct. 2026

Your Pain Is Information — Use It For women in particular, advocating for adequate pain treatment can sometimes require overcoming years of messages that we’re supposed to tolerate discomfort quietly. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 26 Oct. 2026

Passengers United, a nonprofit organization advocating for transit riders, has been pushing for reforms to fare enforcement. — Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026