Standard Lemma guide

stoic

adj · noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstəʊ.ɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈstoʊ.ɪk/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • South-Asia: /ˈstoːɪk/
  • rhymes with -əʊɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: S T OW1 IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not affected by pain or distress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apathetic, impassive, stoical

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: expressionless, impassive

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Alternative letter-case form of stoic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Alternative letter-case form of stoic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A student of Stowe School, England.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective

Meaning 9

pertaining to Stoicism or its followers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adjective satellite

Meaning 10

seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • stoic courage
  • stoic patience
  • a stoical sufferer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stoical

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: philosopher

12

noun

Meaning 12

someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unemotional person

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: adult, grownup

History

Etymology

From Latin stōicus (noun via Middle English Stoycis pl), from Ancient Greek Στωϊκός (Stōïkós), from Ποικίλη Στοά (Poikílē Stoá, “the Stoa Poikile”, literally “painted portico”), the portico in Athens where Zeno of Citium was teaching.

Across languages

Translations

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: stoïes — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Arabic: رِوَاقِيّ (riwāqiyy) — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Belarusian: стаічны (staičny) — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Catalan: estoic — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Dutch: stoïsch — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Esperanto: stoika — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Finnish: stoalainen — of or relating to the Stoics
  • German: stoisch — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Greek: στωικός (stoïkós) — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Hungarian: sztoikus — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Italian: stoico — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Korean: 스토아적 (seutoajeok) — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Latin: stōicus — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Persian: رواقی (revâqi) — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Polish: stoicki — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Russian: стои́ческий (stoíčeskij) — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Spanish: estoico — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Swedish: stoisk — of or relating to the Stoics
  • Afrikaans: stoïes — not affected by pain or distress
  • Arabic: جَلِد (jalid) — not affected by pain or distress
  • Arabic: رَزِين (razīn) — not affected by pain or distress
  • Belarusian: стаічны (staičny) — not affected by pain or distress
  • Catalan: estoic — not affected by pain or distress
  • Czech: stoický — not affected by pain or distress
  • Dutch: stoïcijns — not affected by pain or distress
  • Esperanto: stoika — not affected by pain or distress
  • French: stoïque — not affected by pain or distress
  • German: stoisch — not affected by pain or distress
  • Greek: στωικός (stoïkós) — not affected by pain or distress
  • Italian: stoico — not affected by pain or distress
  • Korean: 냉철한 (naengcheolhan) — not affected by pain or distress
  • Korean: 금욕적인 (geumyokjeogin) — not affected by pain or distress
  • Latin: stōicus — not affected by pain or distress
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stoisk — not affected by pain or distress
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stoisk — not affected by pain or distress
  • Polish: stoicki — not affected by pain or distress
  • Russian: стои́ческий (stoíčeskij) — not affected by pain or distress
  • Spanish: estoico — not affected by pain or distress
  • Swedish: stoisk — not affected by pain or distress
  • Tagalog: manhid — not affected by pain or distress
  • Vietnamese: khắc kỉ — not affected by pain or distress
  • Afrikaans: stoïes — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • Arabic: جَلِد (jalid) — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • Arabic: رَزِين (razīn) — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • Dutch: stoïcijns — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • Esperanto: stoika — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • German: stoisch — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • Greek: στωικός (stoïkós) — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • Hungarian: sztoikus — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • Hungarian: szenvedélymentes — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • Italian: stoico — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stoisk — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stoisk — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • Polish: stoicki — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • Russian: стои́ческий (stoíčeskij) — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • Swedish: stoisk — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • Tagalog: manhid — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • Vietnamese: khắc kỉ — not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
  • Afrikaans: stoïsyn — proponent of a school of thought
  • Arabic: رِوَاقِيّ (riwāqiyy) — proponent of a school of thought
  • Belarusian: стоік (stóik) — proponent of a school of thought
  • Catalan: estoic — proponent of a school of thought
  • French: stoïcien — proponent of a school of thought
  • German: Stoiker — proponent of a school of thought
  • Greek: στωικός (stoïkós) — proponent of a school of thought
  • Ancient Greek: Στωϊκός (Stōïkós) — proponent of a school of thought
  • Hungarian: sztoikus — proponent of a school of thought
  • Italian: stoico — proponent of a school of thought
  • Italian: stoica — proponent of a school of thought
  • Korean: 스토아 (seutoa) — proponent of a school of thought
  • Latin: stōicus — proponent of a school of thought
  • Persian: رواقی (revâqi) — proponent of a school of thought
  • Polish: stoik — proponent of a school of thought
  • Portuguese: estoico — proponent of a school of thought
  • Russian: сто́ик (stóik) — proponent of a school of thought
  • Spanish: estoico — proponent of a school of thought
  • Swedish: stoiker — proponent of a school of thought
  • Ukrainian: сто́їк (stójik) — proponent of a school of thought
  • Afrikaans: stoïsyn — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Belarusian: стоік (stóik) — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Catalan: estoic — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Catalan: estoica — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Finnish: stoalainen — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • French: stoïque — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • German: Stoiker — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Greek: στωικός (stoïkós) — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Hungarian: sztoikus — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Korean: 냉철 (naengcheol) — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Māori: whakarongo uka — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Polish: stoik — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Russian: сто́ик (stóik) — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Spanish: estoico — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Spanish: estoica — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Swedish: stoiker — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Tagalog: manhid — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Turkish: stoacı — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Ukrainian: сто́їк (stójik) — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • Vietnamese: khắc kỉ — a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
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