PATRONAGE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PATRONAGE?

Need another word that means the same as “patronage”? Find 44 synonyms and 30 related words for “patronage” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Patronage” are: condescension, disdain, backing, backup, championship, trade, business, clientele, sponsorship, funding, financing, philanthropy, promotion, furtherance, help, aid, assistance, support, guaranty, encouragement, advocacy, defence, protection, guardianship, aegis, auspices, power of appointment, right of appointment, favouritism, nepotism, partisanship, partiality, stooping, disrespect, scorn, contempt, mockery, custom, commerce, trafficking, keep going, patronise, patronize

Patronage as a Noun

Definitions of "Patronage" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “patronage” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A patronizing or condescending manner.
• A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient.
• The rights and duties or position of a patron.
• The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
• Granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
• The act of providing approval and support.
• Customers collectively.
• The support given by a patron.
• The power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges.
• (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
• The regular custom attracted by a shop, restaurant, etc.

Synonyms of "Patronage" as a noun (40 Words)

advocacy	The profession or work of a legal advocate. Solicitors should have a record of advocacy in the lower courts.
aegis	Armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass. The negotiations were conducted under the aegis of the UN.
aid	A grant of subsidy or tax to a king or queen. She walked with the aid of a Zimmer frame.
assistance	A resource. His job was to give technical assistance over the phone.
auspices	A favorable omen. The tournament was held under the auspices of the city council.
backing	Help or support. The fabric has a special backing for durability.
backup	The procedure for making backup copies of files or other items of data. Make a backup of any important files.
business	Business concerns collectively. Let s get down to business.
championship	The position or title of the winner of a championship contest. The team s final match before the European championships.
clientele	Clients collectively. The dancers don t mix with the clientele.
commerce	The activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale. The changes in taxation are of benefit to commerce.
condescension	The trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior. A tone of condescension.
contempt	A manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous. Pam stared at the girl with total contempt.
custom	Regular dealings with a shop or business by customers. Custom demanded that a person should have gifts for the child.
defence	The team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring. Coastal defences.
disdain	A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient. An aristocratic disdain for manual labour.
disrespect	A disrespectful mental attitude. Growing disrespect for the rule of law.
encouragement	The expression of approval and support. Thank you for all your support and encouragement.
favouritism	The state or condition of being the competitor thought most likely to win a sporting contest. My parents would vehemently deny showing favouritism towards one child in particular.
financing	The act of financing.
funding	The action or practice of providing funding. The public funding of litigation remains a core question.
furtherance	The advancement of a scheme or interest. The court held that the union s acts were not in furtherance of a trade dispute.
guaranty	A collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults.
guardianship	Attention and management implying responsibility for safety. She was granted temporary guardianship of the three children.
help	A person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do. They hired additional help to finish the work.
mockery	Humorous or satirical mimicry. In her bitterness she felt that all rejoicing was mockery.
nepotism	Favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs. His years in office were marked by corruption and nepotism.
partiality	A predisposition to like something. An attack on the partiality of judges.
partisanship	Prejudice in favour of a particular cause; bias. An act of blatant political partisanship.
philanthropy	The desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good causes. A philanthropy was incorporated to help oldsters obtain benefits like pension rights.
power of appointment	A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself.
promotion	A publicity campaign. A sales promotion company.
protection	Protection money paid to criminals especially on a regular basis. Most European climbers drill bolts into rock rather than using removable protection.
right of appointment	An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.
scorn	A person viewed with contempt or disdain. A scandal and a scorn to all who look on thee.
sponsorship	Financial support received from a sponsor. The company s sponsorship of the tournament.
stooping	Basin for holy water.
support	The action of supporting something or someone or the state of being supported. His support kept the family together.
trade	A trade wind. A significant increase in foreign trade.
trafficking	The aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time.

Usage Examples of "Patronage" as a noun

• The direct train link was ending because of poor patronage.
• Even before noon there was a considerable patronage.
• A twang of self-satisfaction—even patronage—about him.
• The arts could no longer depend on private patronage.
• Recruits are selected on merit, not through political patronage.

Patronage as a Verb

Definitions of "Patronage" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “patronage” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Be a regular customer or client of.
• Support by being a patron of.

Synonyms of "Patronage" as a verb (4 Words)

keep going	Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature.
patronise	Treat condescendingly.
patronize	Frequent (a shop, restaurant, or other establishment) as a customer. Restaurants and bars regularly patronized by the stars were often crowded with paparazzi.
support	Support materially or financially. The dome was supported by a hundred white columns.

Associations of "Patronage" (30 Words)

adherent	Someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas. Any adherent sand grains are easily removed.
advocate	Publicly recommend or support. Voters supported candidates who advocated an Assembly.
aid	Promote or encourage (something. 700 000 tons of food aid.
backing	A layer of material that forms, protects, or strengthens the back of something. The foreign secretary won the backing of opposition parties.
benefactor	A person who gives money or other help to a person or cause. A low interest loan from a benefactor allowed them to build a floor for the exhibition hall.
beneficent	Resulting in good. A beneficent landowner.
benevolent	(of an organization) serving a charitable rather than a profit-making purpose. A benevolent fund.
charitable	Apt to judge others leniently or favourably. They set up a charitable trust to run the hospital.
clientele	Clients collectively. The solicitor s clientele.
contribute	Contribute to some cause. He contributed articles to the magazine.
donor	An impurity atom in a semiconductor which contributes a conducting electron to the material. One third of patients die before a suitable donor is found.
eleemosynary	Relating to or dependent on charity; charitable. Eleemosynary relief.
espouse	Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one’s own. She was secretly espoused to his son Peter.
financing	The act of financing.
fund	Provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest. Fund a medical care plan.
funding	The action or practice of providing funding. The public funding of litigation remains a core question.
generous	Showing a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is strictly necessary or expected. A generous donation.
giver	Person who makes a gift of property. A giver of advice.
humanitarian	Of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism. Groups sending humanitarian aid.
intercessor	A person who intervenes on behalf of another, especially by prayer. They rejected the notion that an intercessor was needed to appeal to God.
patron	A person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, or cause. A celebrated patron of the arts.
patronize	Do one’s shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of. We patronize this store.
philanthropic	Generous in assistance to the poor. Philanthropic contributions.
philanthropist	Someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being. The trust was founded by an American philanthropist.
proponent	A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea. A strong proponent of the free market and liberal trade policies.
sponsor	Assume sponsorship of. The production cost 50 000 most coming from local sponsors.
subsidize	Support through subsidies. The arts in Europe are heavily subsidized.
support	Support materially or financially. She supported him during the illness.
supporter	Someone who supports or champions something. Labour supporters.
transferability	The quality of being transferable or exchangeable. Sterling transferability affords a means of multilateral settlement for trade between nondollar countries.