Definition for Condescend:

• To descend or stoop voluntarily from a superior to an inferior position; to lower one's self; to deign.

Synonyms for Condescend:

• n.

  •
  • accord,
  • assume a patronizing air,
  • do something as if you own the place,
  • flatter yourself,
  • submit with good grace,
  • queen it over someone,
  • degrade oneself,
  • go Hollywood,
  • go to someone's head,
  • talk down to,
  • unbend,
  • favor,
  • come down a peg,
  • waive a privilege,
  • demean oneself,
  • graciously stoop,
  • humble oneself,
  • lord it over someone,
  • get above yourself,
  • assume a superior air,
  • sing small,
  • think the world revolves around you.
  •
  • over,
  • rise.
  •
  • attitude,
  • respect.

• v.

  •deign (verb)
  • deeming worthy,
  • deemed worthy,
  • seeing fit,
  • thinking fit,
  • thought fit,
  • saw fit,
  • thinks fit,
  • sees fit,
  • deems worthy.
  •social (verb)
  • condescend.
  •stoop, humble oneself (verb)
  • concede,
  • oblige,
  • be courteous,
  • agree,
  • toss a few crumbs,
  • grant,
  • comply,
  • come down off high horse,
  • acquiesce,
  • yield,
  • accommodate,
  • bend.
  •vouchsafe (verb)
  • be stowed,
  • be-stow,
  • be stows,
  • be-stowing,
  • be stowing,
  • be stow,
  • be-stows,
  • be-stowed.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • high hat.
  •
  • revolve around.
  •deign
  • think fit,
  • deem worthy,
  • see fit.

Antonyms for Condescend:

• v.

  • stoop, humble oneself
    disobey, withhold, contradict, veto, refuse, deny, disapprove, resist, disagree, protest, fight, prevent, reject, oppose, rise above, disallow, dispute, hinder, decline, dissent.

Condescend Sentence Examples:

• He was therefore obliged to condescend to the arts of persuasion.

• If your heart cannot condescend to that, I pray you renounce them wholly, and ye shall find more exquisite and sure pleasures in godliness, at his right hand.

Hyponym for Condescend:

• v.

  • social
    act, move.