Synonyms for patronize
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Encourage
support, encourage, promote, help, patronage, keep going, abet, assist, countenance, aid
2. Condescend — to treat condescendingly; to talk down to
4. Enpatron — to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support
enpatron dated, patrocinate dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
- v. 2
To treat condescendingly; to talk down to.
Near-synonyms: condescend, infantilize, denigrate
- v. 3
To be a customer of (an establishment), especially a regular customer.
Related words
- Word family
- patronizer patronizingly patronizing patron patronage patroness patronless patronship
- Other spellings
- patronise UK
Forms
- Past participle
- patronized
e.g. patronized → supported, encouraged, promoted, helpt…
Example sentences
- promote We must promote commerce with neighboring countries.
- encourage You often encourage me to be good and hardworking.
- patronage Isamu Kobayashi received the patronage of Rohan Koda.
- abet It's illegal to aid and abet another person in committing a felony.
- denigrate Some translate while others denigrate.
By length
- 3 letters
- aid1
- 4 letters
- help1, shop1, abet2
- 6 letters
- assist2
- 7 letters
- support2, promote2, sponsor2
- 8 letters
- frequent2, enpatron
- 9 letters
- encourage3, patronage3, denigrate3
- 10 letters
- condescend3
- 11 letters
- countenance3, infantilize, patrocinate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abet2 = 2 syllables).