patrons

NOUN

audience

Synonyms

STRONGEST

congregation crowd gallery gathering market public

STRONG

admirers assemblage assembly devotees fans following hearers house listeners moviegoers onlookers playgoers spectators theatergoers turnout viewers witnesses

WEAK

showgoers

NOUN

clientele

Synonyms

STRONGEST

audience constituency

STRONG

business clientage clients cortege dependents following market patronage public regulars trade

WEAK

clientry

Antonyms

WEAK

management ownership

NOUN

following

Synonyms

STRONGEST

audience

STRONG

adherents circle clientage clientele cortege coterie dependents entourage fans group groupies hangers-on patronage public retinue rout suite support supporters train

Antonyms

STRONG

opposition

WEAK

disbelievers

NOUN

public

Synonyms

STRONGEST

audience community country electorate everyone nation people populace population society

STRONG

bodies buyers citizens clientele commonalty followers following heads masses mob multitude suite supporters voters

WEAK

men and women

VERB

attendance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

turnout

STRONG

audience crowd draw

WEAK

assemblage assembly box office company congregation gate gathering gross house

Example Sentences

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The waitstaff in restaurants should be aware: Patrons are less generous with tips over the weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Patrons pressed the buttons again and again, accumulating a pile of cash locked deep within the hardware.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

Patrons at Tea at Shiloh on a recent Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

Patrons are more than willing to wait in hourlong lines for the $49.50 ceramic figurine that has become a highly coveted collector’s item.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

It was part of El Patrons dragon hoard.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

patrons

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