Synonyms of the word patronise


PATRONISECONDESCEND - FOSTER - FREQUENT - INTERACT - NURTURE - PATRONAGE - PATRONIZE - SHOP - SPONSOR - SUPPORT

patronise

  • v. To make a patron.
  • v. To treat as inferior unfairly, talk down to, treat condescendingly.
  • v. To make oneself a regular customer of a business.

condescend

  • v. (intransitive) To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something).
  • v. (intransitive) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down…
  • v. (transitive, rare, possibly nonstandard) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward…
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To consent, agree.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To come down.

foster

  • adj. Providing parental care to unrelated children.
  • adj. Receiving such care.
  • adj. Related by such care.
  • n. (countable, obsolete) A forester.
  • n. (uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship.
  • v. (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
  • v. (transitive) To cultivate and grow something.
  • v. (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be nurtured or trained up together.

frequent

  • adj. Done or occurring often; common.
  • adj. Occurring at short intervals.
  • adj. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
  • adj. (obsolete) Full; crowded; thronged.
  • adj. (obsolete) Often or commonly reported.
  • v. (transitive) To visit often.

interact

  • n. A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.
  • v. To act upon each other.

nurture

  • n. The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.
  • n. That which nourishes; food; diet.
  • n. The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual; see also nature.
  • v. To nourish or nurse.
  • v. (figuratively, by extension) To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.

patronage

  • n. The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
  • n. Customers collectively; clientele; business.
  • n. A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
  • n. (politics) Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political…
  • n. Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
  • n. The right of nomination to political office.
  • n. (Britain, law) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
  • v. (transitive) To support by being a patron of.
  • v. (transitive) To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize; to patronise; to support; to keep going.

patronize

  • v. (transitive) To make a patron.
  • v. (transitive) To act as a patron; to protect, defend, support.
  • v. (transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority; to talk down to; to treat condescendingly.
  • v. (transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.

shop

  • n. An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but…
  • n. A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
  • n. A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
  • n. Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
  • n. A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
  • n. An establishment where a barber or beautician works.
  • n. An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
  • n. (figuratively, uncountable) Discussion of business or professional affairs.
  • v. (intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention…
  • v. (transitive) To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).
  • v. (transitive, slang, chiefly Britain) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an…
  • v. (transitive, Internet slang) Shorthand for photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
  • interj. (dated) Used to attract the services of a shop assistant.

sponsor

  • n. A person or organisation with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially…
  • n. One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange…
  • v. (transitive) To be a sponsor for.

support

  • n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
  • n. Financial or other help.
  • n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
  • n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure…
  • n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose…
  • n. Evidence.
  • n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
  • n. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
  • v. (transitive) To keep from falling.
  • v. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
  • v. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
  • v. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
  • v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
  • v. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
  • v. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories,…
  • v. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
  • v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
  • v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

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