Synonyms for stoic
ˈstoʊ ɪksto·ic

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1. stoicadjective

   Synonyms:
   impassive, expressionless, stoical, apathetic

2. stoicadjective

   of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas; see Stoicism

   Synonyms:
   expressionless, impassive, apathetic, stoical

3. stoicadjective

   not affected by pain or distress

   Synonyms:
   impassive, stoical, expressionless, apathetic

4. stoicadjective

   not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress

   Synonyms:
   expressionless, stoical, apathetic, impassive

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Stoicnoun

   a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno

   "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"

   Synonyms:
   unemotional person

   Antonyms:
   emotional

2. stoic, unemotional personadjective

   someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions

   Synonyms:
   unemotional person

   Antonyms:
   emotional

3. stoic, stoicaladjective

   seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive

   "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer"

   Synonyms:
   stoical

   Antonyms:
   emotional

4. Stoicadjective

   pertaining to Stoicism or its followers

   Synonyms:
   stoical

   Antonyms:
   emotional

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Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cool and distant

   Submitted by anonymous on February 2, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. stoicnoun

   Synonyms:
   follower of zeno, stoical philosopher

2. stoicadjective

   Synonyms:
   passionless, apathetic, unimpassioned, imperturbable, philosophic, platonic, cool, indifferent, cold, cold-blooded

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1. List of paraphrases for "stoic":

   joyless, austere, impassive

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1. Paul Gold:

   The boy was stoic. Not a tear. Not an emotion, i asked Nikolas Cruz if Nikolas Cruz was upset. Nikolas Cruz said :' I'm upset because nobody came, and nobody cares about Lynda Cruzs.'.

2. Jason Miller:

   For all the talk of the Senate trial being this very stoic, very measured, very deliberative effort, there will be just as much media focus and just as much debating outside of the Senate as of any other time during this impeachment process. The audience here is the entire American public if not the entire world.

3. Nancy Sherman:

   The ancient world was not a place for modern gender equity. But the Stoic philosophers, in their discourses on political and moral life, held that virtue, or ethical excellence, had no gender. Zeno of Citium envisaged an ideal community of sages that included women. The view follows from the Stoic doctrine that all humans are endowed with reason.

4. Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

   Our (The Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.

5. Mick Mulroy:

   I started to see that everything that made a Stoic a true Stoic was right there in a person who had never even heard of the concept or the philosophy.