Antonyms for Patient
ˈpeɪ ʃəntpa·tient

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1. patientadjective

   Antonyms:
   impatient, antsy

   Synonyms:
   composed

2. patientnoun

   content to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting; not bothered with having to wait; not unwilling to wait

   Antonyms:
   impatient, antsy

   Synonyms:
   composed

3. patientnoun

   Antonyms:
   agent

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 4 votes

1. patient

   Antonyms:
   ferocious, fierce, fiery, furious, impetuous, raging, savage, uncultivated, untrained, violent, wild

   Synonyms:
   affectionate, docile, gentle, harmless, kind, mild, peaceful, submissive, sweet, tame, tender

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. patient

   Antonyms:
   impatient

   Synonyms:
   resigned, unrepining, enduring

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1. • Case
   • Sick Person

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. patientnoun

   a person who requires medical care

   "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"

   Antonyms:
   restive, unforbearing, impatient

   Synonyms:
   patient role, affected role

2. affected role, patient role, patientadjective

   the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

   Antonyms:
   impatient, restive, unforbearing

   Synonyms:
   patient, patient role, affected role

3. patientadjective

   enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance

   "a patient smile"; "was patient with the children"; "an exact and patient scientist"; "please be patient"

   Antonyms:
   restive, unforbearing, impatient

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1. patientadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncomplaining, submissive, resigned, passive, long-suffering, indulgent, diligent

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flounce

   in a calm or relaxed manner; able to tolerate delays; not flouncing about

   the man was being surprisingly patient, while the child flounced uncontrollably about.

   Submitted by acronimous on March 26, 2018  

How to use Patient in a sentence?

1. Sharon Lewin:

   Coming 10 years after the successful report of the Berlin Patient, this new case confirms that bone marrow transplantation from a CCR5-negative donor can eliminate residual virus and stop any traces of virus from rebounding, two factors are likely at play : The new bone marrow is resistant to HIV, and also, the new bone marrow is actively eliminating any HIV-infected cells.

2. The FDA:

   RADx recently performed preliminary studies evaluating the performance of some antigen tests using patient samples containing live virus, which represents the best way to evaluate true test performance in the short-term, early data suggests that antigen tests do detect the omicron variant but may have reduced sensitivity.

3. Stuart Ritter:

   Achieving a goal is not something you accomplish in one or two turns, so you really need to be patient in acquiring resources and building the things you want to build, and not going for immediate gratification.

4. Rico Abreu:

   I just tried to stay as patient as I could, i don't know how hard he was racing, but when the time was right I pulled the trigger and gave him a slide job and was waiting for him to slide me back. We dragged raced each other into three and I came out with the lead.

5. Booker T. Washington:

   There is a certain class of race-problem solvers who do not want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public.

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