advocate

• "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

Synonyms

• recommendpush for something; express a good opinion of ; make attractive or acceptable
• urgean instinctive motive; a strong restless desire; force or impel in an indicated direction; push for something; spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

• "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"

Synonyms

• preachdeliver a sermon; speak, plead, or argue in favor of

Synonyms

• advocatora person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
• proponenta person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
• exponenta person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea ; someone who expounds and interprets or explains ; a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

Synonyms

• counselgive advice to; a lawyer who pleads cases in court ; something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
• counselorsomeone who gives advice about problems ; someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp ; a lawyer who pleads cases in court
• counsellorsomeone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp ; someone who gives advice about problems ; a lawyer who pleads cases in court
• counselor-at-lawa lawyer who pleads cases in court
• pleadera lawyer who pleads cases in court