Definition for Patience:

• p[= a]' shens, n. quality of being patient or able calmly to endure: ( Shak.) permission: a card-game, same as Solitaire ( q.v.).-- adj. P[= A]' TIENT, sustaining pain, & c., without repining: not easily provoked: not in a hurry: persevering: expecting with calmness: long-suffering.-- n. one who bears or suffers: a person under medical treatment.-- adv. P[= A]' TIENTLY. [ Fr.,-- L. patentia-- patiens-- pati, to bear.]

Synonyms for Patience:

• n.

  •
  • steadiness.
  •
  • accept.
  •act (noun)
  • solitaire,
  • patience.
  •bearing hardship; staying power (noun)
  • endurance.
  •calm (noun)
  • composure,
  • stillness,
  • tranquility,
  • serenity,
  • rest,
  • placidity,
  • calmness,
  • peace,
  • repose,
  • peacefulness,
  • poise,
  • calm,
  • quiet,
  • equanimity.
  •capacity, willingness to endure (noun)
  • humility,
  • diligence,
  • cool,
  • guts,
  • forbearance,
  • starch,
  • intestinal fortitude,
  • imperturbability,
  • moderation,
  • constancy,
  • perseverance,
  • leniency,
  • staying power,
  • heart,
  • stoicism,
  • persistence,
  • even temper,
  • backbone,
  • grit,
  • legs,
  • sufferance,
  • moxie,
  • restraint,
  • toleration,
  • fortitude,
  • longanimity,
  • nonresistance,
  • yielding,
  • gutsiness,
  • long-suffering,
  • bearing.
  •compassion, generosity (noun)
  • kindness.
  •coolheadedness (noun)
  • presence of mind.
  •endurance (noun)
  • sub missions,
  • with standings,
  • forebearance,
  • re solutions,
  • sufferances,
  • sub mission,
  • under-going,
  • holding ups,
  • undergoings,
  • with standing,
  • sub-missions,
  • with-standing,
  • re-solution,
  • under going,
  • endurings,
  • re-solutions,
  • submissions,
  • forebearances,
  • sub-mission,
  • under goings,
  • withstandings,
  • continuings,
  • with-standings,
  • under-goings.
  •equanimity (noun)
  • ataraxias,
  • Equability,
  • ataraxies,
  • Ataraxy,
  • ataraxia,
  • selfpossession,
  • self possession,
  • equabilities.
  •experience (noun)
  • inwardness,
  • worldliness,
  • exposure,
  • knowhow.
  •forbearance (noun)
  • longanimities,
  • living with,
  • going easy on,
  • refrainings,
  • patientness,
  • living withs,
  • patientnesses,
  • selfcontrol,
  • going easy ons,
  • self control.
  •fortitude (noun)
  • what it takes,
  • de-terminations,
  • stick to itiveness,
  • stick to itivenesses,
  • valorousnesses,
  • stick-to-itivenesses,
  • de terminations,
  • what it take,
  • what take,
  • piths,
  • de termination,
  • de-termination,
  • valorousness,
  • what takes,
  • true grits,
  • stick-to-itiveness,
  • fearlessness,
  • true grit.
  •game (noun)
  • gin,
  • contract bridge,
  • tiddlywinks,
  • backgammon,
  • gin rummy,
  • parcheesi,
  • blackjack,
  • seven-up,
  • faro,
  • draw poker,
  • penny ante,
  • rummy,
  • poker,
  • marbles,
  • mah-jongg,
  • bridge,
  • Chinese Checkers,
  • baccarat,
  • dominoes,
  • whist,
  • old maid,
  • game,
  • keno,
  • hopscotch,
  • cribbage,
  • canasta,
  • rum,
  • billiards,
  • quoits,
  • shuffleboard,
  • stud poker,
  • chess,
  • checkers,
  • horseshoes,
  • snooker,
  • straight poker,
  • draughts,
  • blind man's bluff,
  • hearts,
  • Skat,
  • euchre,
  • pinochle.
  •hard work (noun)
  • industry.
  •perseverance (noun)
  • sand,
  • stamina,
  • steadfastness,
  • lastingness,
  • survivability,
  • indomitability,
  • tenacity,
  • bravery,
  • indefatigability,
  • abidingness,
  • unfailingness.
  •presence of mind (noun)
  • clearheadednesses,
  • presence mind,
  • clearheadedness,
  • presence-mind.
  •resignation (noun)
  • docilities,
  • resignedness,
  • Non-resistance.
  •stoicism (noun)
  • in differences,
  • in-differences,
  • in difference,
  • in-difference,
  • impassiveness,
  • impassivenesses,
  • passivities.
  •tolerance (noun)
  • lenience,
  • hardinesses,
  • hardiness,
  • liberalism,
  • charitableness,
  • generousness,
  • liberalisms.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tolerance,
  • beggar-thy-neighbor,
  • strip poker.
  •
  • pontoon.
  •
  • snap.
  •
  • stud.
  •forbearance
  • indulgence.
  •patience
  • strength,
  • acceptance.

Paraphrases for Patience:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    impatience.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    patient.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    stamina, Patients, endurance, patient, temper, understanding.
  • Adverb
    patiently.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    patient.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    forbearance, indulgence, tolerance, persistence.

Antonyms for Patience:

• n.

  • capacity, willingness to endure
    impatience, indifference, idleness, intolerance, weakness, indolence, agitation, frustration, laziness, resistance, wildness, cowardice, fear, lethargy, arousal.
  • Other antonyms:
    inconstancy, defiance, contrariness, fretfulness, disobedience, rage, willfulness, indignation, neglect, choler, peevishness, insubordination, recalcitrance, inattention, remissness, pettishness, wrath, animosity, fickleness, vexation, resentment, negligence, petulance, sloth, displeasure, ire, offense, temper, fury, intractability, changeableness.

Patience Sentence Examples:

• His patience was quiet and sure.

• How do they bear them, and where do they get their patience and strength from?

Hypernym for Patience:

• n.

  • act
    crapette, klondike, canfield, Russian Bank.

Hyponym for Patience:

• n.

  • act
    cards, card game.