Definition for Patient:

• Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed.

Synonyms for Patient:

• adj.

  •calm (adjective)
  • unexcited,
  • impassive.
  •capable, willing to endure (adjective)
  • persevering,
  • gentle,
  • accommodating,
  • composed,
  • unruffled,
  • forgiving,
  • lenient,
  • persistent,
  • long-suffering,
  • submissive,
  • indulgent,
  • self-possessed,
  • enduring,
  • imperturbable.
  •leisurely (adjective)
  • unhurried.
  •mild (adjective)
  • peaceable,
  • Forbearant,
  • pacific.
  •passive (adjective)
  • unassertive.
  •persevering (adjective)
  • indomitable,
  • indefatigable,
  • lasting,
  • brave,
  • steadfast,
  • unfaltering,
  • surviving,
  • unflagging,
  • unwavering,
  • abiding,
  • tenacious.
  •resigned (adjective)
  • well-disposed.

• n.

  •
  • reliable,
  • irrepressible,
  • assiduous,
  • dependable,
  • unimpassioned,
  • feverish,
  • quiet,
  • restless,
  • regular,
  • steady,
  • placid,
  • stable,
  • dispassionate,
  • pertinacious.
  •
  • accept.
  •customer (noun)
  • client.
  •nut (noun)
  • madperson.
  •patient (noun)
  • patient of,
  • affected role,
  • patient role,
  • diligent.
  •person being treated for medical problem (noun)
  • emergency,
  • victim,
  • sick person,
  • outpatient,
  • case,
  • invalid.

• v.

  •calm (verb)
  • philosophical.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • stoicism,
  • biddable,
  • uncritical,
  • stoic.
  •
  • pliable.
  •
  • thing.
  •patient
  • inmate.
  •tender
  • kind.

Paraphrases for Patient:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Patients.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    sufferer.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    impatient, inpatient.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    inpatient.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    DER, patience, tolerant, clinical, individual.
  • Proper noun, singular
    customers, users.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Capita, treatment, patience, disease, clinical, individual, therapy.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    patience.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    providers.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    beneficiary.

Antonyms for Patient:

• adj.

  • all
    impatient.
  • capable, willing to endure
    troubled, loud, wild, frustrated, violent, unwilling, rough, intolerant, agitated.
  • Other antonyms:
    fed up, ungovernable, treacherous, disobedient, disloyal, insubordinate, intractable, irresolute, hesitant, protesting, hesitating, perfidious, faltering, bored, rebellious, complaining, vacillating, fickle, traitorous, defiant, wavering, weary, inconstant, unmanageable, refractory, faithless, recalcitrant, false, unruly, contrary, resistant, yielding, tired.

• n.

  • person being treated for medical problem
    doctor.

Holonyms for Patient:

• n.

  • person
    nurse-patient relation, doctor-patient relation.

Hypernym for Patient:

• n.

  • person
    hypertensive, arthritic, hypochondriac, analysand, hypotensive, outpatient, inmate, vaccinee, index case, alexic, inpatient.

Hyponym for Patient:

• n.

  • person
    sick person, case, sufferer, diseased person.