PATRONS Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

patrons

noun

plural of patron

as in customers

a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business a restaurant patron

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as in sponsors

a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing the wealthy philanthropist is one of the city's most generous patrons of its symphony orchestra

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as in donors

one that helps another with gifts or money the patron for the museum's current blockbuster is the city's biggest banking institution

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Recent Examples of patrons The group of patrons had gathered for the special prayer service. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 Police soon evacuated all patrons and workers, ordering them to stand across the street and await further instructions. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 3 Aug. 2026 Santa Monica put screens on every block of the Third Street Promenade for World Cup watch parties where patrons were allowed to carry alcoholic beverages within a specific area of the open-air mall. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 Today, patrons generally plan their cinema visits in advance, and the question of what to see has collapsed into the question of whether to go at all. — Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026 At Seven Sirens Brewing Company in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Kohberger would push his way into unwanted conversations with female bartenders and patrons. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026 The co-authors will discuss collaborating on their graphic novel Punk Like Me, zine making in the 90s, and teach library patrons how to make their own zines. — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 For customers, the bigger takeaway is that competition in fast food appears to be getting tighter, especially as hungry patrons pay closer attention to freshness, variety and value. — Staff Reports, USA Today, 20 July 2026 Pride events are held today in San Diego to honor the Stonewall uprising of 1969, when police raided the Stonewall Inn in New York City and patrons fought back in a dayslong confrontation. — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026

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Noun

The launch comes alongside a new CNG supply hub in Houston, Texas, which will support customers across the Gulf Coast.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
Ali Tager, an NCA vice president, said on the On The Margin podcast that about a third of small and mid-sized businesses already accept crypto, and that their own customers are pushing.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of customers

Noun

Because so much time has elapsed since Disney last covered the Super Bowl, the company wasn’t burdened by the same degree of obligations to incumbent sponsors that CBS, Fox and NBC face.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2026
The bill’s sponsors need support from at least seven Democrats, and the chamber’s recess is coming up at the end of the week.

— Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of sponsors

Noun

Interest groups play an outsize role in national elections, politicians spend their time on calls with wealthy donors instead of meeting constituents and parties increasingly focus on themselves rather than average Americans.

— Susan Ostermann, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026
Ticket sales will never bring in the kind of money theaters need to sustain a robust slate of diverse programming — that will always have to come from donors.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of donors

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And the bartender at La Rotonde Bar for taking the time to tell us about the bar's history, despite having other clients to serve.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026
Adam Lippes is part of that long line of American fashion designers who live as stylishly as any of their clients, a tradition that includes Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass, and, of course, Ralph Lauren.

— Michael Boodro, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of clients

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Some Modi supporters have doubled down, however, with online activists aligned to Modi’s party seeking to identify protesters and share their personal details online to intimidate them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
If the constitutional amendment passes, supporters hope to elect at least four conservative, antiabortion justices to the seven-member court by 2033.

— John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of supporters

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There, guests set personal wellness goals—physical, mental, or spiritual—and many return year after year.

— Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2026
AmaNubia can accommodate up to 76 guests across 23 staterooms and 15 spacious suites, resulting in a somewhat intimate cruising experience.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of guests

Noun

After Gretchen Whitmer, the state’s popular Democratic governor, endorsed Stevens last week, El-Sayed explained the choice as the inevitable product of the two women’s benefactors.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Working with patrons Anadol counters that anyone can have free access to the models his studio develops, and that there's nothing new about contemporary artists' relationships with rich and powerful benefactors.

— Chloe Veltman, NPR, 29 July 2026