Synonyms for patient
ˈpeɪ ʃəntpa·tient

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. patientadjective

   Synonyms:
   composed

   Antonyms:
   impatient, antsy

2. patientnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   composed

   Antonyms:
   impatient, antsy

3. patientnoun

   Antonyms:
   agent

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 4 votes

1. patient

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

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

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

1. patient

   Synonyms:
   resigned, unrepining, enduring

   Antonyms:
   impatient

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. patientnoun

   a person who requires medical care

   "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"

   Synonyms:
   patient role, affected role

   Antonyms:
   restive, unforbearing, impatient

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

   Synonyms:
   patient role, affected role

   Antonyms:
   impatient, restive, unforbearing

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

Matched Categories

1. • Case
   • Sick Person

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. patientadjective

   Synonyms:
   submissive, resigned, uncomplaining, unrepining, passive, long-suffering

2. patientadjective

   Synonyms:
   persevering, persistent, diligent, assiduous, indefatigable, constant

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1. patientadjective

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "patient":

   patients, patience, sick, ill, ailing

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1. Emerson Perin:

   That effect, it was there across everyone, but for the patient that had inflammation, it was even more significant, and there also is evidence that we had a reduction in cardiovascular deaths.

2. Sydney Boggs:

   They were patient with us and gave us a ton of resources to call for rent relief and food pantries.

3. Paralympics Organising Committee:

   The organizing committee has identified those who have had close contact with the patient and entered them in home isolation from today, while the floor where the individual worked will be closed off and disinfected.

4. Mickey Mehta:

   This world has been patient with you, be patient with it too. True strength of a human is patience. Patience increases inner strength and endurance. Patience makes you a witness of darkness unto sunrise, patience is a virtue of faith, gets everyone MickeyMized.

5. Aditya Shah:

   You have to acknowledge the limitations of doing this kind of study. All these patients are home, and not every patient who has rebounded symptoms is going to contact their doctor, so our study definitely had an under representation of true cases.