devil's advocate meaning

Definition of devil's advocate

1. someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument

   Type of: debater

devil's advocate in a sentence

• I'm just playing the devil's advocate.
• Your job is to play devil's advocate.
• Tom isn't very good at playing the devil's advocate.
• Tom played the role of devil's advocate at the brainstorming meeting.
• Stop playing devil's advocate, Tom.

How to pronounce devil's advocate

devil's advocate is pronounced /ˈdɛvəlz ˈædvəkət/ in American English. It has 5 syllables.