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S: (n) advocate (advocate%1:18:00::), advocator (advocator%1:18:00::), proponent (proponent%1:18:00::), exponent (exponent%1:18:00::) (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)

direct hyponym / full hyponym

S: (n) apologist (apologist%1:18:00::), vindicator (vindicator%1:18:00::), justifier (justifier%1:18:00::) (a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution) "an apologist for capital punishment"
S: (n) constitutionalist (constitutionalist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of constitutional government)
S: (n) Darwinian (darwinian%1:18:00::) (an advocate of Darwinism)
S: (n) democrat (democrat%1:18:00::) (an advocate of democratic principles)
S: (n) populist (populist%1:18:00::) (someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite)
S: (n) federalist (federalist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of federalism)
S: (n) Gnostic (gnostic%1:18:00::) (an advocate of Gnosticism)
S: (n) humanist (humanist%1:18:01::), humanitarian (humanitarian%1:18:01::) (an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans)
S: (n) ideologist (ideologist%1:18:00::), ideologue (ideologue%1:18:00::) (an advocate of some ideology)
S: (n) internationalist (internationalist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of internationalism)
S: (n) irredentist (irredentist%1:18:00::), irridentist (irridentist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of irredentism)
S: (n) isolationist (isolationist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of isolationism in international affairs)
S: (n) Jansenist (jansenist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of Jansenism)
S: (n) libertarian (libertarian%1:18:01::) (an advocate of libertarianism)

S: (n) civil libertarian (civil_libertarian%1:18:00::) (a libertarian who is actively concerned with the protection of civil liberties)
S: (n) economic libertarian (economic_libertarian%1:18:00::) (a libertarian who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state)

S: (n) Maoist (maoist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of Maoism)
S: (n) Marxist (marxist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of Marxism)
S: (n) nationalist (nationalist%1:18:01::) (an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government)

S: (n) nationalist leader (nationalist_leader%1:18:00::) (the leader of a nationalist movement)

S: (n) American Revolutionary leader (american_revolutionary_leader%1:18:00::) (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)
S: (n) Gandhi (gandhi%1:18:00::), Mahatma Gandhi (mahatma_gandhi%1:18:00::), Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (mohandas_karamchand_gandhi%1:18:00::) (political and spiritual leader during India's struggle with Great Britain for home rule; an advocate of passive resistance (1869-1948))
S: (n) Mandela (mandela%1:18:00::), Nelson Mandela (nelson_mandela%1:18:00::), Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (nelson_rolihlahla_mandela%1:18:00::) (South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918))
S: (n) Parnell (parnell%1:18:00::), Charles Stewart Parnell (charles_stewart_parnell%1:18:00::) (Irish nationalist leader (1846-1891))

S: (n) neoclassicist (neoclassicist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of neoclassicism)
S: (n) neutralist (neutralist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of neutrality in international affairs)
S: (n) nullifier (nullifier%1:18:00::) (an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws)
S: (n) partisan (partisan%1:18:00::), zealot (zealot%1:18:00::), drumbeater (drumbeater%1:18:00::) (a fervent and even militant proponent of something)

S: (n) bigot (bigot%1:18:00::) (a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own)

S: (n) chauvinist (chauvinist%1:18:01::) (a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind)
S: (n) antifeminist (antifeminist%1:18:00::) (someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women)

S: (n) male chauvinist (male_chauvinist%1:18:00::), sexist (sexist%1:18:00::) (a man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of women)

S: (n) homophobe (homophobe%1:18:00::) (a person who hates or fears homosexual people)
S: (n) racist (racist%1:18:00::), racialist (racialist%1:18:00::) (a person with a prejudiced belief that one racial group is superior to others)
S: (n) sectarian (sectarian%1:18:00::), sectary (sectary%1:18:00::), sectarist (sectarist%1:18:00::) (a member of a sect) "most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect"
S: (n) segregator (segregator%1:18:00::), segregationist (segregationist%1:18:00::) (someone who believes the racial groups should be kept apart)

S: (n) dogmatist (dogmatist%1:18:00::), doctrinaire (doctrinaire%1:18:00::) (a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions)

S: (n) partitionist (partitionist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of partitioning a country)
S: (n) Platonist (platonist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of Platonism)
S: (n) pro-lifer (pro-lifer%1:18:00::) (an advocate of full legal protection for embryos and fetuses; someone opposed to legalized induced abortion)
S: (n) presenter (presenter%1:18:01::), sponsor (sponsor%1:18:01::) (an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.))
S: (n) protectionist (protectionist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of protectionism)
S: (n) republican (republican%1:18:00::) (an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy))
S: (n) ritualist (ritualist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms)
S: (n) ruralist (ruralist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of rural living)
S: (n) secessionist (secessionist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of secessionism)
S: (n) secularist (secularist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education)
S: (n) separatist (separatist%1:18:00::), separationist (separationist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union))

S: (n) white separatist (white_separatist%1:18:00::) (someone who advocates a society in which white people live separately from members of other racial groups)

S: (n) spokesperson (spokesperson%1:18:00::), interpreter (interpreter%1:18:00::), representative (representative%1:18:02::), voice (voice%1:18:00::) (an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose) "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"

S: (n) ambassador (ambassador%1:18:01::) (an informal representative) "an ambassador of good will"
S: (n) flak catcher (flak_catcher%1:18:00::), flak (flak%1:18:00::), flack catcher (flack_catcher%1:18:00::), flack (flack%1:18:00::) (a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer)
S: (n) mouthpiece (mouthpiece%1:18:01::), mouth (mouth%1:18:01::) (a spokesperson (as a lawyer))
S: (n) spokesman (spokesman%1:18:00::) (a male spokesperson)
S: (n) spokeswoman (spokeswoman%1:18:00::) (a female spokesperson)
S: (n) traveling salesman (traveling_salesman%1:18:00::), travelling salesman (travelling_salesman%1:18:00::), commercial traveler (commercial_traveler%1:18:00::), commercial traveller (commercial_traveller%1:18:00::), roadman (roadman%1:18:00::), bagman (bagman%1:18:01::) (a salesman who travels to call on customers)

S: (n) tallyman (tallyman%1:18:02::) (one who sells goods on the installment plan)

S: (n) suffragist (suffragist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women))

S: (n) suffragette (suffragette%1:18:00::) (a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century))
S: (n) Anthony (anthony%1:18:01::), Susan Anthony (susan_anthony%1:18:00::), Susan B. Anthony (susan_b._anthony%1:18:00::), Susan Brownell Anthony (susan_brownell_anthony%1:18:00::) (United States suffragist (1820-1906))
S: (n) Howe (howe%1:18:01::), Julia Ward Howe (julia_ward_howe%1:18:00::) (United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage movement (1819-1910))
S: (n) Livermore (livermore%1:18:00::), Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (mary_ashton_rice_livermore%1:18:00::) (United States suffragist (1820-1905))
S: (n) Morris (morris%1:18:03::), Esther Morris (esther_morris%1:18:00::), Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris (esther_hobart_mcquigg_slack_morris%1:18:00::) (United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902))
S: (n) Mott (mott%1:18:00::), Lucretia Coffin Mott (lucretia_coffin_mott%1:18:00::) (United States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880))
S: (n) Rankin (rankin%1:18:00::), Jeannette Rankin (jeannette_rankin%1:18:00::) (leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana; the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1880-1973))
S: (n) Shaw (shaw%1:18:01::), Anna Howard Shaw (anna_howard_shaw%1:18:00::) (United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919))
S: (n) Smith (smith%1:18:06::), Julia Evelina Smith (julia_evelina_smith%1:18:00::) (United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886))
S: (n) Stanton (stanton%1:18:00::), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (elizabeth_cady_stanton%1:18:00::) (United States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902))
S: (n) Stone (stone%1:18:03::), Lucy Stone (lucy_stone%1:18:00::) (United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893))
S: (n) Willard (willard%1:18:01::), Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (frances_elizabeth_caroline_willard%1:18:00::) (United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898))
S: (n) Woodhull (woodhull%1:18:00::), Victoria Clafin Woodhull (victoria_clafin_woodhull%1:18:00::) (United States advocate of women's suffrage; in 1872 she was the first woman to run for the United States presidency (1838-1927))

S: (n) supporter (supporter%1:18:00::), protagonist (protagonist%1:18:00::), champion (champion%1:18:02::), admirer (admirer%1:18:01::), booster (booster%1:18:02::), friend (friend%1:18:04::) (a person who backs a politician or a team etc.) "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"

S: (n) anglophile (anglophile%1:18:00::), anglophil (anglophil%1:18:00::) (an admirer of England and things English)
S: (n) believer (believer%1:18:01::), truster (truster%1:18:00::) (a supporter who accepts something as true)

S: (n) abiogenist (abiogenist%1:18:00::) (a believer in abiogenesis)
S: (n) apostle (apostle%1:18:02::) (an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform) "an apostle of revolution"
S: (n) colonialist (colonialist%1:18:00::) (a believer in colonialism)
S: (n) Confucian (confucian%1:18:00::), Confucianist (confucianist%1:18:00::) (a believer in the teachings of Confucius)
S: (n) evolutionist (evolutionist%1:18:00::) (a person who believes in organic evolution)
S: (n) imperialist (imperialist%1:18:00::) (a believer in imperialism)
S: (n) Malthusian (malthusian%1:18:00::) (a believer in Malthusian theory)
S: (n) vitalist (vitalist%1:18:00::) (one who believes in vitalism)

S: (n) Boswell (boswell%1:18:01::) (a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds)
S: (n) cheerleader (cheerleader%1:18:01::) (an enthusiastic and vocal supporter) "he has become a cheerleader for therapeutic cloning"
S: (n) Confederate (confederate%1:18:02::) (a supporter of the Confederate States of America)

S: (n) Confederate soldier (confederate_soldier%1:18:00::) (a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War)

S: (n) bushwhacker (bushwhacker%1:18:01::) (a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War)
S: (n) Rebel (rebel%1:18:02::), Reb (reb%1:18:00::), Johnny Reb (johnny_reb%1:18:00::), Johnny (johnny%1:18:00::), greyback (greyback%1:18:00::) (`Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms)

S: (n) corporatist (corporatist%1:18:00::) (a supporter of corporatism)
S: (n) enthusiast (enthusiast%1:18:00::), partisan (partisan%1:18:01::), partizan (partizan%1:18:00::) (an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity)

S: (n) addict (addict%1:18:01::), nut (nut%1:18:01::), freak (freak%1:18:01::), junkie (junkie%1:18:01::), junky (junky%1:18:01::) (someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction) "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"

S: (n) gym rat (gym_rat%1:18:00::) (someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa)

S: (n) backslapper (backslapper%1:18:00::) (someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality)
S: (n) balletomane (balletomane%1:18:00::) (a ballet enthusiast)
S: (n) fanatic (fanatic%1:18:00::), fiend (fiend%1:18:01::) (a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)) "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill
S: (n) gadgeteer (gadgeteer%1:18:00::) (a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets)
S: (n) shutterbug (shutterbug%1:18:00::) (a photography enthusiast)
S: (n) sports fan (sports_fan%1:18:00::), fan (fan%1:18:01::), rooter (rooter%1:18:00::) (an enthusiastic devotee of sports)

S: (n) aficionado (aficionado%1:18:01::) (a fan of bull fighting)
S: (n) railbird (railbird%1:18:00::) (a fan of racing who watches races from the outer rail of the track)

S: (n) Francophile (francophile%1:18:00::), Francophil (francophil%1:18:00::) (an admirer of France and everything French)
S: (n) free trader (free_trader%1:18:00::) (an advocate of unrestricted international trade)
S: (n) functionalist (functionalist%1:18:00::) (an adherent of functionalism)
S: (n) Jacobite (jacobite%1:18:00::) (a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts)
S: (n) loyalist (loyalist%1:18:00::), stalwart (stalwart%1:18:00::) (a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt))
S: (n) New Dealer (new_dealer%1:18:00::) (a supporter of the economic policies in the United States known as the New Deal)
S: (n) philhellene (philhellene%1:18:00::), philhellenist (philhellenist%1:18:00::), Graecophile (graecophile%1:18:00::) (an admirer of Greece and everything Greek)
S: (n) pillar (pillar%1:18:00::), mainstay (mainstay%1:18:00::) (a prominent supporter) "he is a pillar of the community"
S: (n) Roundhead (roundhead%1:18:01::) (a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War)
S: (n) seconder (seconder%1:18:00::) (someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote)
S: (n) Shavian (shavian%1:18:00::) (an admirer of G. B. Shaw or his works)
S: (n) subscriber (subscriber%1:18:02::), endorser (endorser%1:18:00::), indorser (indorser%1:18:00::), ratifier (ratifier%1:18:00::) (someone who expresses strong approval)
S: (n) sympathizer (sympathizer%1:18:00::), sympathiser (sympathiser%1:18:00::), well-wisher (well-wisher%1:18:00::) (someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful)

S: (n) bleeding heart (bleeding_heart%1:18:00::) (someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged)
S: (n) fellow traveler (fellow_traveler%1:18:01::), fellow traveller (fellow_traveller%1:18:01::) (a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party))

S: (n) toaster (toaster%1:18:00::), wassailer (wassailer%1:18:01::) (someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture)
S: (n) upholder (upholder%1:18:00::), maintainer (maintainer%1:18:00::), sustainer (sustainer%1:18:00::) (someone who upholds or maintains) "firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy"
S: (n) voucher (voucher%1:18:00::), verifier (verifier%1:18:00::) (someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement)
S: (n) Whig (whig%1:18:01::) (a supporter of the American Revolution)

S: (n) supremacist (supremacist%1:18:00::) (a person who advocates the supremacy of some particular group or racial group over all others)

S: (n) white supremacist (white_supremacist%1:18:00::) (a person who believes that the white race is or should be supreme)

S: (n) Klansman (klansman%1:18:00::), Ku Kluxer (ku_kluxer%1:18:00::), Kluxer (kluxer%1:18:00::) (a member of the Ku Klux Klan)

S: (n) teleologist (teleologist%1:18:00::) (advocate of teleology)
S: (n) Thatcherite (thatcherite%1:18:00::) (an advocate of Thatcherism)
S: (n) unilateralist (unilateralist%1:18:00::) (an advocate of unilateralism)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
derivationally related form

S: (n) advocate (advocate%1:18:01::), counsel (counsel%1:18:00::), counselor (counselor%1:18:00::), counsellor (counsellor%1:18:00::), counselor-at-law (counselor-at-law%1:18:00::), pleader (pleader%1:18:00::) (a lawyer who pleads cases in court)

Verb

S: (v) recommend (recommend%2:32:01::), urge (urge%2:32:03::), advocate (advocate%2:32:00::) (push for something) "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
S: (v) preach (preach%2:32:00::), advocate (advocate%2:32:01::) (speak, plead, or argue in favor of) "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"