Advocate and Explain

Advocate

Advocate verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

Show all Definitions

Explain and advocate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Advocate".

Nearby Words: advocacy, advocated, advocating

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

Show all Definitions

Advocate and explain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Advocate" instead a verb "Explain".

reason	advocate reason	explain reason
death	advocate death	explain death
use	advocate use	explain use
way	advocate way	explain way
Other words: characters, actions, skills.

Munch in one episode attempts to explain his feelings because of this to the assisted suicide advocate (Marlee Matlin) they've arrested, convincing her not to kill herself on a hunger strike.

Source: Writer on Board
Let Me Get This Straight: In "The Major", Liz gets called before a transparency-advocate judge in chambers to explain what the hell the task force does that requires so much secrecy - especially as it got a harbormaster killed.

Source: Series / The Blacklist

Cite this Source

Explain and Advocate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/advocate/explain

Advocate & Explain. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/advocate/explain>.

Explain or Advocate. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/advocate/explain.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "advocate" and "explain" have occurred on timeline