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Stoic

/'st/oU//I/k/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. pertaining to Stoicism or its followers

    adj.pert

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

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

    noun.person

    Examples
    A Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions

    noun.person

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. 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.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive

    adj.all

    Examples
    Stoic courage.
    Stoic patience.
    A stoical sufferer.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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