advocates for Synonym

meeting, assembly, gathering, conference, convention, session, council, forum, conclave, congress, huddle, rally, symposium, colloquium, convocation, congregation, parley, powwow, sit-down, roundtable, get-together, discussion, consultation, workshop, seminar, panel, brain trust, committee, task force, working group, caucus [x]

undermine, overthrow, destabilize, sabotage, topple, corrupt pervert, disrupt, overturn, weaken, invalidate, debase, unsettle, ruin, demolish, wreck, impair, damage, degrade, vitiate, debilitate, erode, enfeeble, sap, undercut, compromise, challenge, threaten, subdue, suppress, defeat, conquer, vanquish, overpower, overwhelm, crush, quash, quell, extinguish, annihilate, obliterate, devastate, ravage, raze, dismantle, disassemble, disintegrate, fragment, shatter [x]

meetings, assemblies, gatherings, conventions, conferences, sessions, councils, summits, forums, conclaves, huddles, synods, convocations, symposiums, colloquiums, panels, roundtables, workshops, seminars, discussions, consultations, deliberations, negotiations, parliaments, congresses, committees, boards, task forces, working groups, study groups, focus groups, planning sessions, strategy sessions, briefings, powwows, sit-downs, get-togethers, meetups, rendezvous, encounters, engagements, interactions, interfaces, exchanges, dialogues, talks, discourses, debates, colloquies [x]

ally with, partner with, collaborate with, join forces with, team up with, unite with, cooperate with, associate with, work together with, combine with, merge with, band together with, form an alliance with, link up with, pool resources with, come together with, conjoin with, federate with, league with, confederate with, amalgamate with, integrate with, fuse with, coalesce with, consociate with, affiliate with, join with, align with, coordinate with, synchronize with, harmonize with, conspire with, collude with, consort with, fraternize with, network with, synergize with, connect with, tie up with, hook up with, join in partnership with, enter into partnership with, form a coalition with, form a partnership with, form a union with, form a league with, form a confederation with, form a federation with, form a consortium with [x]

tenure, incumbency, office, term [x]

reduce tensions, ease tensions, calm tensions, alleviate tensions, mitigate tensions, defuse tensions, lessen tensions, diminish tensions, lower tensions, soothe tensions, pacify tensions, relieve tensions, moderate tensions, temper tensions, abate tensions, quiet tensions placate tensions, mollify tensions, soften tensions, cool tensions, subdue tensions, tranquilize tensions, appease tensions, allay tensions, assuage tensions, quell tensions, suppress tensions, restrain tensions, dampen tensions, neutralize tensions, tone down tensions, smooth over tensions, relax tensions, ease the strain, reduce the strain, calm the strain, alleviate the strain, mitigate the strain, defuse the strain, lessen the strain, diminish the strain, lower the strain, soothe the strain, pacify the strain, relieve the strain, moderate the strain, temper the strain, abate the strain [x]

obstructing, delaying, stalling, hind, blocking, stonewalling, procrastinating, postponing, dragging out, prolonging, extending, holding up, impeding, thwarting, retarding, forestalling, hampering, deterring, preventing, frustrating, bogging down, slowing down, interfering, checking, countering, resisting, opposing, contesting, challenging, disputing, arguing, debating, wrangling, quibbling, nitpicking, caviling, hair-splitting, temporizing, temporising, dawdling, lingering, loitering, tarrying, hesitating, vacillating, wavering, shilly-shallying, dallying, foot-dragging, time-wasting [x]

fiscal conservatism, economic liberalism, free-market conservatism, laissez-faire conservatism, market-oriented conservatism, supply-side conservatism, monetarist conservatism, neoliberal conservatism, budgetary conservatism, financial conservatism, capitalist conservatism, pro-business conservatism, anti-regulation conservatism, small-government conservatism, limited-government conservatism, austerity conservatism, deficit hawkism, tax-cutting conservatism, privatization conservatism, deregulation conservatism, pro-market conservatism, economic libertarianism, classical liberalism, market fundamentalism, economic individualism, economic minimalism, economic orthodoxy, economic prudence, economic restraint, economic traditionalism, fiscal responsibility, fiscal restraint, fiscal orthodoxy, fiscal prudence, fiscal traditionalism, budgetary restraint, budgetary prudence, budgetary orthodoxy, budgetary responsibility, budgetary traditionalism, financial restraint, financial prudence, financial orthodoxy, financial responsibility, financial traditionalism, pro-capitalism, anti-welfare statism, anti-socialism, anti-collectivism [x]

rebels, dissenters, nonconformists, protesters, objectors, revolutionaries, insurgents, mavericks, heretics, iconoclasts, radicals, subversives, separatists, mutineers, defectors, renegades, contrarians, freethinkers, oppositionists, resisters, revolutionists, recusants, schismatics, secessionists, apostates, nonconformers, disrupters, antagonists, adversaries, critics, challengers, opponents, naysayers, malcontents, insurrectionists [x]

form-an-alliance, create-a-partnership, establish-a-coalition, build-a-coalition, initiate-a-coalition, start-a-coalition, organize-a-coalition, set-up-a-coalition, launch-a-coalition, assemble-a-coalition [x]

ally, unite, combine, join forces, collaborate, partner, associate, band together, merge, cooperate, team up, pool resources, link up, federate, amalgamate, integrate, affiliate, coalesce, consolidate, fuse, come together, work together, form an alliance, form a coalition, join together, league, confederate, unify, blend, meld, mix, synthesize, harmonize, coordinate, conspire, conjoin, assemble, gather, rally, bond, connect, network, tie up, hitch, yoke, pair up, hook up, join [x]

unite, ally, combine, join forces, collaborate, together, team up,amate, consolidate, integrate, coalesce, fuse, merge, pool resources, partner, associate, affiliate, conjoin, link up, federate, confederate, unify, blend, meld, synthesize, come together, form an alliance, form a, work together, cooperate, coordinate, harmonize, synergize, merge efforts, join, come into union, form a partnership, form a union, form a league, form a federation, form a confederation, form a consortium, form a syndicate, form a bloc, form a group, form a team, form a network, form a collective, form a collaboration [x]

establish a federation, create a federation, set up a federation, organize a federation, constitute a federation, found a federation, institute a federation, initiate a federation, launch a federation, assemble a federation, build a federation, develop a federation, forge a federation, generate a federation, inaugurate a federation, originate a federation, start a federation, unify into a federation, amalgamate into a federation, consolidate into a federation, merge into a federation, unite into a federation, bring together into a federation, combine into a federation, integrate into a federation, coalesce into a federation, federate, ally into a federation, band together into a federation, join into a federation, link into a federation, partner into a federation, pool into a federation, associate into a federation, collaborate into a federation, cooperate into a federation, affiliate into a federation, confederate, league into a federation, network into a federation, syndicate into a federation, team up into a federation, unify, unite, merge, amalgamate, consolidate, integrate [x]

campaigning, canvassing, stumping, politicking, election campaigning, vote seeking, electioneering activities, election work, election efforts, election strategy, election tactics, electioneering efforts, electioneering strategy, electioneering tactics, political campaigning, political canvassing, political stumping, political politicking, political electioneering, electoral campaigning, electoral canvassing, electoral politicking, electoral electioneering, vote canvassing, vote stumping, vote politicking, vote electioneering, campaign work, campaign efforts, campaign strategy, campaign tactics, electioneering campaign, electioneering work, political campaign, political efforts, political strategy, political tactics, electoral campaign, electoral efforts, electoral strategy, electoral tactics, vote campaign, vote efforts, vote strategy, vote tactics [x]

legislators, representatives, delegates, councilmen, lawmakers, parliamentarians, members, officials, congressmen, assembly members, aldermen, board members, committee members, senators, trustees, commissioners, envoys, agents, deputies, proxies, spokesmen, advocates, emissaries, plenipotentiaries, functionaries, officeholders, dignitaries, notables, public servants, statesmen, policymakers, decision-makers, electees, appointees, incumbents, office bearers, political figures, civic leaders, public officials, government officials, municipal officers, town councilors, city councilors, borough councilors, district councilors, ward councilors, local representatives, community leaders [x]