Advocate and Friend

Advocate

Advocate noun - A person who actively supports or favors a cause.
Usage example: Mark Twain, Noah Webster, and President Theodore Roosevelt are among past advocates of a reformed spelling system

Friend is a synonym for advocate. In some cases you can use "Friend" instead a noun "Advocate".

Nearby Words: advocacy, advocated, advocating

Friend

Friend noun - A person who actively supports or favors a cause.
Usage example: hopes that the new governor will be a friend to environmental causes

Advocate is a synonym for friend in person topic. You can use "Advocate" instead a noun "Friend", if it concerns topics such as supporter, benefactor.

How words are described

good good advocate good friend
female female advocate female friend
devoted devoted advocate devoted friend
best best advocate best friend
Other adjectives: true, annoying, actual, big, great, main, young, former, last, greatest.

Both words in one sentence

  • Camp Gay: Soiree and Nate's best friend, both of whom advocate wild, feminine behavior and sleeping around.
  • With Due Respect In the English courts, the more respect an advocate claims to show, the ruder they are being; "with respect to my learned friend" means "my opponent is mistaken", whereas "with the greatest respect to my learned friend" means "my opponent is an idiot".
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