Advocate and Wheedle

Advocate

Advocate verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

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

Nearby Words: advocacy, advocated, advocating

Wheedle

Wheedle verb - To get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery.

Advocate and wheedle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Advocate" instead a verb "Wheedle".

Nearby Word: wheedling

Common collocations

way advocate way wheedle way
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