Synonyms of patronized

patronized

verb

past tense of patronize

1

as in condescended

to assume or treat with an air of superiority

a director with an unpleasant habit of patronizing even his most gifted actors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• condescended
• cut
• talked down (to)
• lorded (it over)
• snubbed
• slighted
• cold-shouldered
• high-hatted
• queened (it over)

2

as in endorsed

to promote the interests or cause of

a company that loyally patronizes the arts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• endorsed
• advocated
• supported
• embraced
• championed
• adopted
• backed
• helped
• assisted
• aided
• went in for
• reinforced
• stuck up for
• plumped (for)
• held a brief for
• plonked (for)
• went to bat for
• preached
• plunked (for)
• abetted
• stood up for
• espoused
• saved
• bolstered
• seconded
• forwarded
• furthered
• rescued
• buttressed
• propped (up)
• advanced
• boosted
• sided (with)
• backstopped
• plugged
• bailed out
• delivered
• talked up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opposed
• interfered
• frustrated
• thwarted
• baffled
• disappointed
• failed
• deserted
• sabotaged
• foiled
• let down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of patronized

Beaverbrook is a five-star country house hotel that was once patronized by the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and other 20th-century celebrities. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026

Former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama also have patronized the tavern. — Madeline Montgomery, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Penelope is unable to just govern Ithaca herself and is besieged by the suitors and patronized by her son; Helen is kidnapped by Paris (or is given to him as a prize by Aphrodite or elopes with him), setting off the Trojan War. — Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

Generations of Argentines have patronized Mercado Buenos Aires. — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

The speech was made at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a monastery that Mazepa patronized. — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026

The altercation occurred outside of a parking garage near Doggie’s, a State College bar that, according to police documents, McKenna had patronized with a group earlier that night. — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 26 June 2026

The traumas come from the way people responded, how they’ve been patronized and gaslit and shunned. — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 10 June 2026

While women often visited less frequently—due both to distance, travel constraints and the fact that early retail environments were not designed with them in mind, Koehn says—most men at least occasionally patronized general stores, and many of them did so frequently. — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 18 May 2026