1. Push for something
   "The travel agent advocated strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day";
   - recommend, urge, encourage
    
2. Speak, plead, or argue in favour of
   "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house";
   - preach

1. A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
   "The advocate passionately defended the rights of marginalized communities";
   - advocator, proponent, exponent
    
2. (law) a lawyer who pleads cases in court
   "The advocate-at-law presented a compelling argument to the jury";
   - counsel, counselor [US], counsellor [Brit, Cdn], counselor-at-law [US, Ireland], pleader

Derived forms: advocated, advocates, advocating

Type of: actor, advise, attorney, doer, exhort, lawyer, press, propose, suggest, urge, urge on, worker

Encyclopedia: Advocate, Nova Scotia