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advocacy - 14 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | advocacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support for an idea or cause |
| Synonyms: | advancement, aid, assistance, backing, defense, encouragement, justification, promotion, propagation, proposal, recommendation, urging, campaigning for, championing, pleading for, promulgation, upholding |
| Antonyms: | attack, opposition, protest |
| Main Entry: | activism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | action for change |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, involvement, striking, boycotting, championing, effecting change, influence peddling, logrolling, militancy, moving and shaking, picketing |
| Main Entry: | advice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recommendation |
| Synonyms: | admonition, advisement, advocacy, aid, bum steer*, caution, charge, consultation, counsel, directions, dissuasion, encouragement, exhortation, forewarning, guidance, help, information, injunction, input, instruction, judgment, lesson, news, opinion, persuasion, prescription, proposal, proposition, recommendation, steer, suggestion, teaching, telltale, tidings, tip, tip-off, two cents' worth, view, warning, word, word to the wise |
| Notes: | advise (verb) means 'to offer advice to or counsel'; advice (noun) is an opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem |
| Antonyms: | betrayal, deceit, deception, falsehood, lie, misinformation, misrepresentation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | auspices |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection; support |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, aegis, authority, backing, care, charge, control, countenance, guidance, influence, patronage, sponsorship, supervision |
| Main Entry: | backing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | accompaniment, adherence, advocacy, aegis, aid, assistance, auspices, championship, encouragement, endorsement, funds, grant, help, patronage, reinforcement, sanction, sponsorship, subsidy, abetment, championing, secondment |
| Antonyms: | disfavor, opposition |
| Main Entry: | encouragement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
| Synonyms: | advance, advocacy, aid, animation, assistance, backing, boost, cheer, comfort, confidence, consolation, easement, faith, favor, firmness, fortitude, helpfulness, hope, incentive, incitement, inspiration, optimism, promotion, refreshment, relief, reward, softening, stimulation, stimulus, succor, supporting, trust, urging, consoling, enlivening, inspiritment, invigoration, reassurance, reassuring, relieving, shot in the arm, solacing |
| Antonyms: | denunciation, derision, deterrent, discouragement |
| Main Entry: | endorsement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support, authorization |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, affirmation, approbation, approval, backing, commercial, confirmation, favor, fiat, go-ahead*, green light*, okay, permission, qualification, ratification, recommendation, sanction, signature, stroke, warrant, championing, countersignature, hubba-hubba, pat on back, seal of approval, subscription to, superscription, the nod |
| Antonyms: | censure, disapproval, opposition, rejection |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | furtherance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, backing, championship, progress, progression, promotion, prosecution, pursuit, boosting, carrying-out |
| Antonyms: | curtailment, delay, hindrance, impediment, stoppage, blockage |
| Main Entry: | justification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reason, excuse |
| Synonyms: | absolution, account, acquittal, advocacy, answer, apologia, apology, approval, argument, basis, confirmation, defense, exculpation, exoneration, explanation, extenuation, grounds, idea, mitigation, palliation, palliative, plea, pretext, raison d'être, rationale, rationalization, rebuttal, redemption, reply, response, salvation, sanctification, song and dance*, story, support, validation, vindication, warrant, whatfor, wherefore*, whitewashing, whole idea, why and wherefore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recommendation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advice, approval |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, approbation, blessing, certificate, character reference, charge, commendation, counsel, direction, endorsement, esteem, eulogy, favorable mention, good word, guidance, injunction, instruction, judgment, letter of support, order, pass, plug*, praise, proposal, proposition, reference, sanction, steer*, suggestion, support, testimonial, tip, tribute, two cents' worth, urging |
| Antonyms: | condemnation, disapproval, discouragement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
| Synonyms: | advancement, advice, advocacy, allowance, assist, assistance, attention, backing, backup, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, bounty, care, charity, comfort, compensation, cooperation, deliverance, encouragement, endowment, favor, furtherance, gift, giving, guidance, hand, handout, lift, ministry, patronage, promotion, reinforcement, relief, rescue, reward, salvation, service, subsidy, sustenance, treatment, alleviation, leg up, ministration, shot in the arm |
| Antonyms: | hindrance, impediment, injury, obstruction, blockage |
| Main Entry: | patronage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support of a cause |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, aegis, aid, assistance, auspices, backing, benefaction, championship, encouragement, financing, grant, guardianship, help, promotion, protection, recommendation, sponsorship, subsidy, support |
| Antonyms: | antagonism, detraction, opposition |
| Main Entry: | promotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | higher position in organization |
| Synonyms: | advance, advancement, advocacy, backing, betterment, boost, break, breakthrough, buildup, bump, elevation, encouragement, exaltation, furtherance, go-ahead*, hike, honor, improvement, jump, lift, preference, progress, raise, rise, step up, support, upgrade, aggrandizement, ennoblement, favoring, jump up, move up, preferment, prelation, upgrading |
| Antonyms: | demotion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cultivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nurture, help |
| Synonyms: | advancement, advocacy, development, encouragement, enhancement, furtherance, patronage, promotion, support, fostering |
| Antonyms: | destruction, harm, hurt, neglect |
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