About The Word Stoic

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Stoic to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Stoic definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Stoic

Stoic Meaning & Definition
Stoic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stoic?

[n] a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"
[n] someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
[adj] seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer"
[adj] pertaining to Stoicism or its followers

Synonyms | Synonyms for Stoic: stoical | unemotional | unemotional person

Related Terms | Find terms related to Stoic:

See Also | adult | grownup | philosopher

Stoic In Webster's Dictionary

\Sto"ic\, n. [L. stoicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, adj., literally, of or pertaining to a colonnade, from ? a roofed colonnade, a porch, especially, a porch in Athens where Zeno and his successors taught.] 1. A disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed. 2. Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain. A Stoic of the woods, a man without a tear. --Campbell. {School of Stoics}. See {The Porch}, under {Porch}.
\Sto"ic\, Stoical \Sto"ic*al\, a. [L. stoicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. sto["i]que. See {Stoic}, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines. 2. Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain. -- {Sto"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Sto"ic*al*ness}, n.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Copper-bottomed ‐ having a bottom of copper or sheathed with copper; "copper-bottomed…
  • Nephelium litchi ‐ Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for…
  • Eumetopias ‐ sea lions
  • Genus tubercularia ‐ type genus of the Tuberculariaceae; fungi with nodules of red…
  • Early-morning hour ‐ an hour early in…
  • Polytonalism ‐ music that uses two or more different keys at the…
  • Agent bank ‐ a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank [n] a bank named…
  • Scorpaenoid ‐ fishes having the head armored with…
  • Bear on ‐ have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" [v] press,…
  • Welcomed(a) ‐ gladly and cordially received…
Crossword Dictionary