advocating

VERB

support idea or cause publicly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

back campaign for defend encourage favor further justify press for promote propose push recommend support tout uphold urge

STRONG

advance advise bless bolster boost champion countenance plug side vindicate

WEAK

argue for be in corner brace up build up get on bandwagon give a leg up give a lift go for go to bat for go with hold with plead for plump for ride shotgun for root for run interference for say so speak for spread around stump for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

block conceal condemn deny disapprove discourage dissuade hide hinder hurt oppose refuse reject

STRONG

decrease halt prevent undermine

WEAK

assail attack criticize impugn protest

Example Sentences

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advocating

She’d do so in part by advocating for expanded financial aid and proactive check-ins with students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Stodden, who has been advocating to end the practice, called the change a "victory" and said survivors of child marriage should "never have been expected to carry this burden".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

I’m not advocating for speeding, but you’re not bound by the confines of traffic, where you have a stoplight at every block.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

Their remarks come less than two weeks after Amodei published a lengthy blog post advocating that AI companies pace their development of new models.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

That autumn, on October 14, 1964, I heard that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for advocating a policy of nonviolence.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry