advocate (n.)
- abet
- abettor
- acquaintance
- admirer
- advance
- aficionado
- agent
- alpenstock
- alternate
- angel
- answer
- apologist
- arm
- attorney
- back
- backbone
- backer
- backing
- backstop
- backup
- bandeau
- barrister
- bearer
- boost
- bra
- brace
- bracer
- bracket
- brassiere
- brief
- brother
- buff
- buttress
- cane
- carrier
- cervix
- champion
- coach
- coax
- comfort
- confidant
- confidante
- corset
- counsel
- counselor
- counselor-at-law
- countenance
- counter
- crook
- crutch
- defender
- dependence
- deputy
- dummy
- endorser
- exponent
- expounder
- familiar
- fan
- favor
- fellow
- figurehead
- forward
- friend
- fulcrum
- girdle
- guard
- guide
- guy
- hype
- intercessor
- intimate
- jawbone
- jock
- jockstrap
- justifier
- lawyer
- lieutenant
- lobby
- locum
- lover
- mainstay
- maintainer
- mast
- mouthpiece
- nag
- neck
- neighbor
- paladin
- partisan
- patron
- pickup
- pleader
- plug
- press
- pressure
- proctor
- procurator
- promoter
- prop
- proponent
- protagonist
- protector
- proxy
- puff
- push
- reinforcement
- reinforcer
- reliance
- reply
- repository
- representative
- rest
- rigging
- riposte
- second
- secondary
- seconder
- sectary
- shoulder
- shroud
- sider
- solicitor
- spine
- sponsor
- sprit
- staff
- stalwart
- stand-in
- standby
- stave
- stay
- stick
- stiffener
- strengthener
- substitute
- support
- supporter
- surrogate
- sustainer
- sympathizer
- tout
- understudy
- upholder
- urge
- vicar
- vice
- vicegerent
- vindicator
- votary
- well-wisher
advocate (v.)
- abet
- advance
- advise
- alternate
- answer
- arm
- assert
- back
- backstop
- blandish
- boost
- brace
- bracket
- brief
- buff
- buttress
- cajole
- cane
- champion
- coach
- coax
- comfort
- commend
- confer
- corset
- counsel
- countenance
- counter
- crook
- defend
- direct
- dummy
- embolden
- encourage
- endorse
- espouse
- exhort
- fan
- favor
- forward
- friend
- girdle
- guard
- guide
- guy
- hearten
- hype
- importune
- insist
- instruct
- intimate
- jawbone
- justify
- kibitz
- lobby
- maintain
- meddle
- nag
- neck
- neighbor
- plug
- prescribe
- press
- pressure
- proctor
- promote
- prop
- propose
- puff
- push
- rebut
- recommend
- refute
- reinforce
- reply
- respond
- rest
- riposte
- second
- shoulder
- shroud
- sider
- soft-soap
- sponsor
- staff
- stave
- stay
- stick
- submit
- subscribe
- substitute
- suggest
- support
- sustain
- sweet-talk
- tout
- understudy
- uphold
- urge
- vice
- vindicate
- wheedle
