- verbpatronize (verb) · patronizes (third person present) · patronized (past tense) · patronized (past participle) · patronizing (present participle) · patronise (verb) · patronises (third person present) · patronised (past tense) · patronised (past participle) · patronising (present participle)
- treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority:"she was determined not to be put down or patronized"
- frequent (a store, theater, restaurant, or other establishment) as a customer:"restaurants remaining open in the evening were well patronized"
- give encouragement and financial support to (a person, especially an artist, or a cause):"local churches and voluntary organizations were patronized by the family"
Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority:
- frequent (a store, theater, restaurant, or other establishment) as a customer:
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- Patronize can mean1234:
- To provide aid or support for, as in someone who patronizes the arts.
- To be a frequent or regular customer of a business, as in someone who patronizes a store.
- To speak to or behave towards someone as if they are stupid or not important, as in someone who patronizes another person.
- To act as a patron toward an artist, institution, etc., as in someone who patronizes an artist.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.Patronize in the sense “to provide aid or support for” refers to the sort of patron who gives money or assistance. Such a person might, for example, patronize the arts. A second sense of patronize involves the kind of patron who is “a frequent or regular customer” of a business – someone, for example, who patronizes a store.www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patronizepatronize verb [T] (ACT SUPERIOR) Add to word list disapproving (UK usually patronise) to speak to or behave towards someone as if they are stupid or not important: Stop patronizing me - I understand the play as well as you do.dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/patronizepatronize verb [T] (ACT SUPERIOR) Add to word list disapproving (UK usually patronise) to speak to or behave toward someone as if they are stupid or not important:dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/patr…verb (used with object),pa·tron·ized, pa·tron·iz·ing. to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with. to behave in an offensively condescending manner toward: a professor who patronizes his students. to act as a patron toward (an artist, institution, etc.); support.www.dictionary.com/browse/patronize Patronize Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
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