PATRONISE Synonyms

• behave in a patronizing and condescending manner

• do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

• debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way

• treat condescendingly

• someone who supports or champions something

• an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)

• assume sponsorship of

• assume responsibility for or leadership of

• do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

• To reduce (a person) to the state or status of an infant.

• To treat (a person) like a child.

• coming at short intervals or habitually

• frequently encountered

• do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

• be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place

• the act of providing approval and support

• customers collectively

• a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient

• (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support

• the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers

• support by being a patron of

• be a regular customer or client of

• a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

• small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

• a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)

• do one's shopping

• do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

• shop around; not necessarily buying

• give away information about somebody

• the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities

• aiding the cause or policy or interests of

• something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest

• a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission

• documentary validation

• the financial means whereby one lives

• supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

• any device that bears the weight of another thing

• financial resources provided to make some project possible

• give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to

• support materially or financially

• be behind; approve of

• be the physical support of; carry the weight of

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• adopt as a belief

• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

• argue or speak in defense of

• play a subordinate role to (another performer)

• be a regular customer or client of

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant

• do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

• continue uninterrupted

• suffice for a period between two points

• be a regular customer or client of

• do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of