Patient Definition
pāshənt
patients, patientest
adjective
patientest
Bearing or enduring pain, trouble, etc. without complaining or losing self-control.
Webster's New World
Marked by or exhibiting calm endurance of pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance.
American Heritage
Refusing to be provoked or angered, as by an insult; forbearing; tolerant.
Webster's New World
Calmly tolerating delay, confusion, inefficiency, etc.
Webster's New World
Tolerant; understanding.
An unfailingly patient leader and guide.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
patients
A person receiving care or treatment, esp. from a doctor.
Webster's New World
A person who receives an action.
Webster's New World
The word or words designating the person or thing affected by the action of the verb.
Webster's New World
One who suffers.
American Heritage
One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- patient role
- affected role
- mild
- meek
- understanding
- tireless
- persistent
- long-suffering
- forgiving
- enduring
- case
- subject
- hospitalized person
- hospital case
- one recovering from an injury
Antonyms:
idiom
patient of
- capable of bearing (fatigue, thirst, etc.)
- admitting of or having (a certain meaning)
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Patient
Noun
Singular:
patient
Plural:
patients, patient 0sAdjective
Base Form:
patient
Superlative:
patientestIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Patient
- patient of
Origin of Patient
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From Latin patiens, present participle of pati (“to suffer, endure"); akin to Greek πάσχειν (paskhein, “to suffer"); see pathos, from Proto-Indo-European *pÄ“(i)- "to hurt" [Pokorny pÄ“(i)- 792].
From Wiktionary
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Middle English pacient from Old French from Latin patiēns patient- present participle of patī to endure pē(i)- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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