advocate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
Types & categories
- person
- apologist
- constitutionalist
- Darwinian
- populist
- federalist
- Gnostic
- humanist
- ideologist
- internationalist
- irredentist
- isolationist
- Jansenist
- libertarian
- Maoist
- Marxist
- nationalist
- neoclassicist
- neutralist
- nullifier
- partisan
- partitionist
- Platonist
- pro-lifer
- presenter
- protectionist
- republican
- ritualist
- ruralist
- secessionist
- secularist
- separatist
- spokesperson
- suffragist
- supporter
- supremacist
- teleologist
- Thatcherite
- unilateralist
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
push for something
The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day
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Sense 3 noun
a lawyer who pleads cases in court
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Sense 4 verb
speak, plead, or argue in favor of
The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | advocate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | propound |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | apologist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | constitutionalist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Darwinian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | populist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | federalist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Gnostic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | humanist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ideologist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | internationalist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | irredentist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | isolationist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Jansenist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | libertarian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Maoist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Marxist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nationalist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neoclassicist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neutralist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nullifier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | partisan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | partitionist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Platonist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pro-lifer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | presenter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | protectionist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | republican |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ritualist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruralist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | secessionist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | secularist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | separatist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spokesperson |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suffragist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | supporter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | supremacist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | teleologist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Thatcherite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unilateralist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | recommendation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | importunity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pressing |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | propose |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | counselorship |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | counsel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | plead |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | lawyer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | advocacy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sermon |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | exponent |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | urge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sermonize |