patronize

Other forms of patronize

past tense

patronized·

present participle

patronizing·

third person

patronizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about patronize

What does patronize mean?

patronize means "assume sponsorship of". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in patronize?

patronize has 3 syllables: pa-tro-nize. The stress falls on "pa". In IPA it is /ˈpeɪtɹəˌnaɪz/.

What is another word for patronize?

Close synonyms include sponsor, patronise, patronise, shop, shop at. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of patronize?

The recorded antonyms are boycott.

Is patronize a common word?

patronize is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with patronize?

35 words rhyme with patronize. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.