Patronage [noun]
Definition of Patronage:
support of a cause
Synonyms of Patronage:
● Financing
● Backing
● Encouragement
● Sponsorship
● Subsidy
● Aegis
● Auspices
● Championship
● Help
● Grant
● Support
● Advocacy
● Protection
● Recommendation
● Aid
● Promotion
● Benefaction
● Assistance
● Guardianship
Opposite/Antonyms of Patronage:
● Attack
● Opposition
● Discouragement
● Stop
● Modesty
● Humility
● Competition
● Detraction
● Antagonism
● Disapproval
● Obstruction
● Injury
● Hurt
● Hindrance
● Harm
● Blockage
Sentence/Example of Patronage:
His patronage was therefore necessarily withdrawn from Mr. Gladstone.
The little friar, encouraged by this patronage, found his voice, and pleaded for mercy.
There was a wonderful air of benignity and patronage in his manner.
I am deeply obliged to you for your encouragement and patronage, but it was papa who asked for it.
These disappointments of her patronage were a sharp retort, and made me feel independent.
And there must be in it no touch of condescension, no shadow of patronage.
His manner was not entirely free from a suggestion of patronage.
Your lordship's patronage is the strength of my hopes; nor have I yet applied to anybody else.
I gave them any amount of patronage, and they turned on me and wanted me to pay for it.
I wished to remain, in the eyes of the public, deserving of its patronage.