'Stoic' definitions:
Definition of 'stoic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer" [syn: stoic, stoical]
adjective
Pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
noun
A member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"
noun
Someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions [syn: stoic, unemotional person] [ant: emotional person]
Definition of 'Stoic'
From: GCIDE
- Stoic \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain; especially, bearing pain, suffering, or bad fortune without complaint. -- {Sto"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Sto"ic*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'Stoic'
From: GCIDE
- Stoic \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain. [1913 Webster]
- A Stoic of the woods, a man without a tear. --Campbell. [1913 Webster]
- School of Stoics. See The Porch, under Porch. [1913 Webster] Stoic
Synonyms of 'stoic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accepting,
- aloof,
- apathetic,
- armed with patience,
- at rest,
- benumbed,
- blah,
- blase,
- bovine,
- calm,
- cloistered,
- comatose,
- cool,
- desensitized,
- detached,
- disciplined,
- disinterested,
- dispassionate,
- dull,
- dwindling,
- ebbing,
- endurant,
- enduring,
- even-tempered,
- even-tenored,
- forbearing,
- halcyon,
- heartless,
- hebetudinous,
- hopeless,
- hushed,
- impassive,
- imperturbable,
- in a stupor,
- indifferent,
- indulgent,
- inexcitable,
- inirritable,
- insouciant,
- isolated,
- languid,
- Laodicean,
- lenient,
- lethargic,
- listless,
- long-suffering,
- longanimous,
- man of iron,
- moldering,
- nonchalant,
- numb,
- numbed,
- Olympian,
- pacific,
- passive,
- patient,
- patient as Job,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- persevering,
- philosophical,
- phlegmatic,
- placid,
- pluckless,
- quiescent,
- quiet,
- reposeful,
- reposing,
- resigned,
- restful,
- resting,
- secluded,
- self-controlled,
- sequestered,
- sequestrated,
- sheltered,
- slack,
- sluggish,
- smooth,
- soporific,
- Spartan,
- spiritless,
- spunkless,
- steady,
- still,
- still as death,
- stillish,
- stilly,
- stolid,
- stupefied,
- subsiding,
- supine,
- tolerant,
- tolerating,
- tolerative,
- torpid,
- tranquil,
- unagitated,
- uncaring,
- unconcerned,
- understanding,
- undisturbable,
- undisturbed,
- unflappable,
- uninterested,
- unirritable,
- unmoved,
- unnervous,
- unpassionate,
- unperturbed,
- unruffled,
- unstirring,
- untroubled,
- waning,
- withdrawn