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Verb
▲
Treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority
condescend
humiliate
talk down to
belittle
condescend to
deign
demean
denigrate
favorUS
favourUK
indulge
infantilize
put down
snub
stoop
look down on
lord it over
treat condescendingly
treat contemptuously
treat scornfully
treat with condescension
be lofty
be lofty with
be overbearing
be snobbish to
treat as inferior
treat badly
treat with disdain
be condescending to
be gracious to
pat on the back
toss a few crumbs
treat like a child
look down one's nose at
speak condescendingly to
speak haughtily to
disdain
talk down
put on airs
patroniseUK
“She was determined not to be put down or patronized.”
Verb
▲
To publicly support or recommend
back
support
fund
help
promote
sponsor
foster
assist
champion
advocate
aid
endorse
finance
further
indorse
maintain
befriend
encourage
protect
plump for
plunk for
subscribe to
be a patron of
favourUK
favorUS
uphold
side with
advance
nurture
sanction
patroniseUK
motivate
inspire
spur
drive
smooth the way for
smooth the path of
assist the progress of
ease
hurry
be supportive of
make easy
precipitate
open the door for
intensify
clear the way for
heighten
augment
enhance
invigorateUS
impel
smooth
rush
enable
make smooth
make smoother
make easier
quicken
envigorateUK
establish
grease the wheels
aid and abet
add to
make possible
come to the defence of
raise
rear
breed
consolidate
magnify
give one's support to
hand-carry
amplify
loosen up
deepen
tend
attend
associate oneself with
ally with
be loyal to
buttress
prefer
walk through
comfort
mount
relieve
corroborate
substantiate
accept
go along with
take the side of
simplify
wait on
adopt
minister to
buoy up
make stronger
grow
honorUS
honourUK
foment
proselytizeUS
take to
give one's backing to
take the part of
proselytiseUK
propagandizeUS
sympathize with
escalate
work with
cooperate with
collaborate with
cement
steel
propagandiseUK
cherish
redouble
accentuate
empower
underpin
enlarge
supplement
buoy
advantage
confirm
shore up
bring up
give assistance to
safeguard
multiply
amp up
beef up
attend to
stiffen
renew
esteem
value
be of use to
wax
regenerate
build
clear a path for
be conducive to
add fuel to
appreciate
praise
approbate
give a leg up to
look on with favor
receive favorably
take to one's heart
eulogiseUK
rubber-stamp
flash on
regard highly
look up to
receive gladly
OK
think well of
be in favour of
give the nod to
take a shine to
okay
be on one's side
buck for
thumbs up
tilt toward
take a liking to
eulogizeUS
pursue
court
domiciliate
teach
gestate
instruct
hurry along
push for
keep
give a lift to
aid in
help in
ratify
validate
arouse
verify
fast track
swell
compound
aggrandize
make provisions for
push through
lend support
side
oil the wheels for
grease wheels
lay the foundations of
throw in one's lot with
throw in with
rally round
bring aid to
give help to
perk up
bring relief to
bring comfort to
hold up one's end
hold to
harbourUK
hold
have
harborUS
entertain
harden
render assistance to
give aid and encouragement to
condone
prompt
incite
give a shot in the arm to
oblige
cooperate
toughen
accommodate
collude with
connive with
emphasizeUS
supply
hold up
carry
reenforce
stay
cushion
prop
bear
undergird
connive
goad
prod
give one's approval to
advocate for
be with
give moral support to
announce one's support for
give moral support
formally support
agree with
receive wholeheartedly
receive enthusiastically
fall in with
get into
take up
take on
underline
galvanizeUS
stress
revitalizeUS
be in collusion with
participate in
connive at
furnish
suckle
stump
puff
hype
thump
bear up
buck up
bulwark
pillow
revitaliseUK
pick up
embolden
set on
be hand in glove with
jack up
hike up
do someone a favour
bail someone out
do someone a service
pitch in with
cling to
ride shotgun
help out
open doors for
muck in with
do for
be a factor in
incentify
incentivizeUS
reward
put up to
mother
hearten
vitalize
restore
inure
get stuck in with
give a hand
mushroom
snowball
aggravate
rejuvenate
indurate
harshen
season
galvaniseUK
energizeUS
incentiviseUK
energiseUK
highlight
emphasiseUK
make a pitch for
put on the map
be a tower of strength to
crusade
sinew
get someone out of a tight spot
go down the line for
exacerbate
inflame
tone
gee up
press
bolster up
give food to
look on with favour
give strength to
tone up
be of assistance to
be advantageous to
pay off for
better
do good to
be beneficial to
be good for
be of help to
befit
ameliorate
please
be useful to
suit
power
be helpful to
gratify
be of advantage to
be to the advantage of
profit
satisfy
add fuel to fire
make firm
give new energy to
make healthy
shelter
battle
agitate
fight
struggle
work
worsen
cosset
lobby
strive
rouse
accumulate
rise
intensate
sit
cradle
father
preserve
love
petition
take someone's part
nursemaid
hot up
become worse
make worse
worship
coddle
barnstorm
contest
administer to
indulge
enshrine
watch over
see to
pet
shield
dote on
be devoted to
keep safe
guard
take charge of
drum up support
baby-sit
watch out for
keep tabs on
more ❯
“Members create, finance and patronize the cooperative.”
Verb
▲
Do business at an establishment
frequent
visit
attend
haunt
buy from
deal with
join
shop at
support
buy
habituate
trade with
use
utiliseUK
utilizeUS
bring custom to
bring trade to
subscribe to
be a client of
be a customer of
do business with
go to
hang out at
purchase from
shop with
be a client
become a member of
give business to
be a customer
patroniseUK
bank
have an account at
deposit one's money with
“If employees don't patronize the stores, then it's difficult to see how they can expect customers to do so.”
Verb
▲
To be a regular patron or visitor of
frequent
visit
haunt
attend
affect
habituate
hit
revisit
infest
overrun
go to
attend regularly
hang at
visit often
attend frequently
hang about
hang around
hang around at
spend time at
spend time in
be a regular customer of
drop in to
hang out at
linger in
loiter in
be a regular client of
be a regular visitor to
go to regularly
go to repeatedly
show up often at
be at home in
be often in
resort to
be found at
spend all of one's time in
be a regular in
patroniseUK
stay
loiter
spend time
call
return
more ❯
Verb
▲
To provide with money for a particular purpose
grubstake
finance
back
bank
bankroll
capitaliseUK
capitalizeUS
endow
float
fund
guarantee
juice
promote
go for
lay on one
loan shark
pay for
pick up the check
pick up the tab
prime the pump
provide funds
provide security
put up money
put up money fo
subsidizeUS
underwrite
support
stake
sponsor
provide capital for
patroniseUK
insure
indemnify
provide financial security for
put up collateral for
be ready to pick up the tab for
vouch for
provide surety for
give earnest money for
cosign
help
buttress
keep
aid
contribute to
assist
give money to
angel
shore up
shell out for
contribute
fork out for
chip in for
make a contribution to
give a grant to
cough up for
give support to
prop up
pay a subsidy to
pony up for
more ❯
Verb
▲
To try to win the friendship or favor of (someone)
cultivate
court
woo
patroniseUK
brownnose
cherish
associate with
consort with
get in with
keep sweet
mix with
pay court to
run after
seek out
brown-nose
curry favor withUS
curry favour withUK
ingratiate oneself with
keep company with
make advances to
make up to
seek the favour of
seek the friendship of
try to win over
dance attendance upon
rub up the right way
seek someone's company
shine up to
suck up to
butter up to
play up to
get on the good side of
try to get on someone's good side
try to get someone on one's side
get in someone's good books
seek
chase
pursue
try to win
try to cultivate
try to attract
seek to win
seek the support of
solicit the goodwill of
try to ingratiate oneself with
Verb
▲
To condescend to give (something)
deign
condescend
stoop
consent
descend
see fit
think fit
vouchsafe
agree
patroniseUK
lower oneself
lower yourself
deem worthy
demean oneself
demean yourself
force yourself
humble oneself
deem it worthy
deem it worthy of oneself
sink
concede
debase oneself
unbend
resort
accommodate
be reduced
go as far as
come down from one's high horse
humble yourself
cheapen yourself
come down off your high horse
abase
cheapen
debase
degrade
foul
dishonorUS
shame
smirch
chasten
disgrace
discredit
humiliate
bemean
succumb
take down
dishonourUK
cast down
be reduced to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To buy or procure by payment
purchase
buy
procure
acquire
score
take
secure
earn
obtain
patroniseUK
redeem
pay for
pick up
invest in
come by
get hold of
shop for
snap up
deal in
take up
trade for
contract for
get in exchange
go shopping for
put money into
splash out on
make a purchase of
make the purchase of
sign for
make a buy
make a purchase
get one's hands on
get one's mitts on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To attend, or be present at a given place or location
be
attend
appear
haunt
frequent
patroniseUK
visit
be at
go to
be there
drop in
pop in
take part
be present
bob up
check in
clock in
make it
pop up
punch in
ring in
show up
turn up
be a guest
be in attendance
make an appearance
put in an appearance
make the scene
present oneself
present yourself
show yourself
more ❯
Verb
▲
To commit someone or something to one's care
trust
commit
consign
entrust
assign
confide
commend
delegate
give
deliver
hand
intrust
leave
pass
recommend
repose
transfer
transmit
vest
turn over
advance
aid
command
confer
give over
grant
hand over
lend
let
loan
patroniseUK
store
allow to look after
let out
make trustee
put into the hands of
sign over
put into hands of
bestow on
lay down
bequeath
leave with
forward
cast
hand on
deposit with
put
renounce
give away
fork up
waive
dispense
fork out
proffer
tender
confine
will
divert
endow
deliver up
designate
redirect
shunt
channel
appropriate
toss
throw
entrust with
charge with
grant to
settle
pertain
furnish
give to
belong
entrust to
invest in
chuck
parcel out
send on errand
hold responsible for
send on mission
alienate
alien
change
reassign
deed
ship
reach
bung
exchange
let go of
render up
deposit
submit
engage
vouchsafe
give custody of
give custody
circulate
pack off
shoot
transport
shift
offer
ordain
move
vest in
give free rein
share
hand down
send on
let someone have
let have
mail
post
send off
employ
destine
promise
put in the hands of
issue
route
address
appoint
condemn
provide use of
be generous with
allow use of
give into the charge of
give into the care of
give into the custody of
get rid of
put in charge of
commend to
dispose of
leave to
give and take
part with
forgo
sacrifice
drop
concede
forsake
remit
sign away
give in
quit
abjure
abnegate
forfeit
forswear
turn down
reject
pay up
shell out
spurn
refuse
pay
capitulate
lay aside
lose
fold
come across with
dish out
opt out
cast off
throw in the towel
hand in
bail out
pony up
ante up
come up with
make with
put aside
fork over
allow
repudiate
do without
discard
disown
step down from
step aside from
pay out
desert
withdraw
dump
give way
let go
back down
drop out
disclaim
quitclaim
throw in the sponge
cast aside
defer
settle up
lay out
provide
forbear
stump up
foot the bill
dispense with
set aside
communicate
direct
bow
succumb
set down
shed
abalienate
feed
relent
budge
defray the cost of
knuckle under
cave in
concede defeat
swear off
eschew
forego
vacate
retire
take the pledge
bag it
say goodbye to
send out
climb down
divorce oneself from
withgo
be deprived of
be stripped of
go without
renege
pass up
disinherit
yield up
leave off
admit defeat
sell out
pay with
terminate
demit
wash hands of
disgorge
give back
hand out
produce
turn over to
sign something over
extend
volunteer
come across
give over to
release
make something over to someone
gift
put down
finish with
let fall
avoid
turn one's back on
withdraw from
shirk
spare
leave behind
betray
sacrifice something
kiss goodbye
prostitute
unload
kiss goodbye to
free
find
supply
pin
make payment of
make payment
square
hand round
decentraliseUK
pass to
pass down
decentralizeUS
offload
hand to
foist
fob off
be handed down
palm off
handball
escalate
level
devote
apply
leave in the lurch
step down
leave holding the bag
leave high and dry
return
offer back
hand in your notice
secede
separate oneself from
resignate
hand in resignation
give up the ship
leave your job
cease work
end service
stand aside
give up your job
sign off
hang it up
saddle
burden
aim
instate
target
ascribe
devise
demise
attorn
neglect
delay
hold up
remove
table
suspend
postpone
reserve
put off
stay
disregard
refrain from
shelve
prorogue
hold off
lose out on
pay for
give oneself over
fall victim
fold up
suffer defeat
accept defeat
be overwhelmed
cry quits
lay down your arms
break
show the white flag
come to terms
be overcome
indulge
resign yourself
lay down arms
be conquered
be beaten
give up the struggle
buckle
raise the white flag
call it quits
broadcast
blink
let off
drop off
repeat
impart
spread
acquiesce
accord
remise
stop
carry
cry uncle
relay
buckle under
publish
pull out
despair
make known
disseminate
retail
stream
retweet
collapse
RT
desist
cut out
cease
chicken out
send forth
bow out
comply
ditch
deny
retract
recant
kiss good-bye
stand down
cut loose
let pass
take the oath
quit cold turkey
let go by
drop like hot potato
unsay
rat
throw off
turn
arrogate
foreswear
abstain from
walk out on
toss over
defect
decline
take back
apostacize
cut off
repeal
disavow
leave flat
throw over
have done with
wash your hands of
tergiversate
tergiverse
shun
have nothing more to do with
more ❯
Verb
▲
(of a newspaper or periodical) To be a subscriber to
take
subscribe to
pay a subscription to
buy regularly
read regularly
read every day
read every month
read every week
patroniseUK
Verb
▲
To exploit someone for one's personal gain
use
take advantage of
exploit
manipulate
abuse
beguile
control
deceive
defraud
fleece
mistreat
patroniseUK
rip off
target
profit from
victimiseUK
victimizeUS
bleed
cash in on
cheat
ill-use
jerk around
leverage
milk
misuse
prey on
use for one's own ends
walk all over
capitalize on
play on
step on
trifle with
impose on
maltreat
play someone for a sucker
play with
take liberties with
trade on
treat lightly
oppress
extort
intimidate
bully
impose
misemploy
misapply
deprave
desecrate
defile
pervert
corrupt
mishandle
pollute
profane
spoil
taint
prostitute
impair
more ❯
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