Word Meanings - ADVOCATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

advocatus, one summoned or called to another; properly the p. p. of advocare to call to, call to one's aid; ad + vocare to call. See 1. One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or

Additional info about word: ADVOCATE

advocatus, one summoned or called to another; properly the p. p. of advocare to call to, call to one's aid; ad + vocare to call. See 1. One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor. Note: In the English and American Law, advocate is the same as "counsel," "counselor," or "barrister." In the civil and ecclesiastical courts, the term signifies the same as "counsel" at the common law. 2. One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth. 3. Christ, considered as an intercessor. We have an Advocate with the Father. 1 John ii. 1. Faculty of advocates , the Scottish bar in Edinburgh. -- Lord advocate , the public prosecutor of crimes, and principal crown lawyer. -- Judge advocate. See under Judge.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ADVOCATE)

• Abet
• Aid
• support
• promote
• countenance
• uphold
• assist
• instigate
• encourage
• incite
• advocate
• sanction
• subsidize
• embolden
• Abettor
• Supporter
• instigator
• promoter
• assistant
• companion
• accomplice
• ally
• encourager
• associate
• adviser
• confederate
• 'participes criminis'
• coadjutor
• accessary
• helper
• Befriend
• Assist
• protect
• defend
• Exponent
• Interpreter
• propounder
• representative
• Intercede
• Mediate
• interpose
• interfere
• plead

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ADVOCATE)

• Oppose
• confront
• discourage
• discountenance
• browbeat
• Drop
• betray
• surrender
• abandon
• discontinue
• oppose
• weaken
• exhaust
• thwart
• disfavor
• subvert
• suppress

Related words: (words related to ADVOCATE)

• ASSISTANTLY
  In a manner to give aid.
• SUPPORTABLE
  Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
• INSTIGATOR
  One who instigates or incites. Burke.
• CONFRONT
  1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness. We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. Shak. He spoke and then confronts the bull. Dryden. Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew
• COMPANIONLESS
  Without a companion.
• SUPPORTATION
  Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
• ASSISTANCE
  1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support. Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak. 2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. Wat Tyler killed by valiant Walworth, the lord mayor of London, and his assistance,
• PLEADINGS
  The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some
• ASSIST
  To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor. Assist me, knight. I am undone! Shak. Syn. -- To help; aid; second; back; support; relieve; succor; befriend; sustain; favor. See Help.
• ADVOCATE
  advocatus, one summoned or called to another; properly the p. p. of advocare to call to, call to one's aid; ad + vocare to call. See 1. One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• ENCOURAGER
  One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
• PROTECT
  To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! Shak. Syn. -- To guard; shield; preserve. See Defend.
• DISCONTINUE
  To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school
• CONFRONTATION
  Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.
• ACCOMPLICESHIP
  The state of being an accomplice. Sir H. Taylor.
• PLEADINGLY
  In a pleading manner.
• SUPPORTFUL
  Abounding with support. Chapman.
• EXPONENT
  A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a factor to produce the power indicated; Note: thus a2 denotes the second power, and an the xth power,
• EXHAUSTION
  An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications
• COUNTERPLEAD
  To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
• OVERTHWARTLY
  In an overthwart manner;across; also, perversely. Peacham.
• INSUPPRESSIBLE
  That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.