Synonyms of advocating

advocating

verb

present participle of advocate

as in endorsing

to promote the interests or cause of

environmentalists advocating agricultural methods designed to slow the destruction of rain forests

Synonyms & Similar Words

• endorsing
• supporting
• championing
• adopting
• embracing
• backing
• helping
• patronizing
• assisting
• aiding
• going in for
• standing up for
• reinforcing
• espousing
• plumping (for)
• holding a brief for
• plonking (for)
• plunking (for)
• sticking up for
• saving
• preaching
• going to bat for
• furthering
• abetting
• bolstering
• rescuing
• seconding
• forwarding
• buttressing
• advancing
• siding (with)
• propping (up)
• boosting
• plugging
• backstopping
• talking up
• delivering
• bailing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opposing
• interfering
• thwarting
• sabotaging
• frustrating
• baffling
• failing
• disappointing
• deserting
• foiling
• letting down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of advocating

The work Corban does today — speaking internationally, advocating for treating assault survivors with empathy instead of skepticism and working in development and marketing for a victims’ center — is sorely needed. —Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026

Clooney has also become known for his humanitarian efforts, advocating for the First Amendment as well as the human-rights campaigns for the crises in Darfur in Sudan. —Brent Lang, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026

Pollsters also drew parallels Monday between the Voter ID ballot initiative and last year’s fight over Proposition 50, which proposed re-drawing California’s congressional maps in response to Trump advocating for Texas to redistrict. —Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026

In their place are organizations whose representatives spent the day advocating for more research into controversial topics like diet and facilitated communication, rather than established causes of autism like genetics. —O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026

Haley Busch is communications and outreach director for 1000 Friends of Florida, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization advocating planning for sustainable communities. —Haley Busch, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026

What began as efforts to pressure local city councils to approve new homes has since evolved into a network of regional and statewide organizations advocating for denser housing in urban areas. —Grace Hase, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2026

The work to create routes takes time and money — and a push from community members advocating for a trail doesn’t hurt either. —Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026

But Dorit Reiss, a vaccine law expert at UC Law San Francisco, said the political risk of advocating for vaccines may not be as strong among Republicans as some people assume. —ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026