Patient

Adjective

 * 1) 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

Derived terms

 * patiently

Related terms

 * passion
 * passionate
 * passive
 * passivity
 * patience

Noun

 * 1) A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
 * 2)  The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
 * The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient.

Antonyms

 * agent

Derived terms

 * inpatient
 * outpatient


 * patient role
 * patient of something

Adjectives for Patient
bedridden; unruly; noble; satisfied; reluctant; lucrative; passionate; individual; indignant; docile; fever; diabetic; ill; psychopathic; rheumatic; recalcitrant; susceptible; paranoiac; resolved.

Verbs for Patient
caution—; discharge—; examine—; exhaus- —; guard—; hospitalize—; incapacitate—; inspire—; irritate—; nauseate—; refresh—; relieve—; restore—; resurrect—; sponge—; tide—over; —expectorates; —rallies; —recovers; —relapses; —responds to.

Adverbs for Patient
unbelievably; incredibly; sweetly; gently; imperturbably; uncomplainingly; quietly; serenely; wisely; sagaciously; indulgently; genially; tenderly; affectionately; expertly; persistently; indefatigably; placidly; courteously; charmingly; habitually; infinitely: unwearyingly; doggedly; resolutely; amazingly ; uncommonly.

Thesaurus
Spartan, accepting, accommodating, acquiescent, apoplectic, armed with patience, arthritic, assiduous, benevolent, bovine, case, charitable, clement, compassionate, compliant, conciliatory, constant, consumptive, continuing, determined, diligent, disciplined, dispassionate, dogged, dull, dyspeptic, easy, easygoing, endurant, enduring, epileptic, even-tempered, faithful, firm, forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, generous, gentle, guinea pig, humane, immutable, impassive, imperturbable, inalterable, incurable, indefatigable, indomitable, indulgent, industrious, inexcitable, inirritable, inpatient, insistent, invalid, invincible, kind, laboratory animal, lasting, lax, lenient, long-suffering, longanimous, loyal, magnanimous, merciful, mild, moderate, never-tiring, obstinate, outpatient, passive, patient as Job, permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, philosophical, placable, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, rapt, relentless, resigned, resolute, resolved, rheumatic, sedulous, self-controlled, self-possessed, serene, shut-in, sick person, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, soft, sparing, spastic, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, stoic, stoical, stolid, stubborn, subject, submissive, sufferer, tenacious, tender, terminal case, testee, the sick, tireless, tolerant, tolerating, tolerative, unabating, unconquerable, undaunted, understanding, undiscouraged, undisturbable, undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflappable, unflinching, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unirritable, unnervous, unnodding, unpassionate, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unresentful, unrevengeful, unsleeping, unswerving, untiring, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding, utterly attentive, valetudinarian, weariless

Etymology
From patiens:, present participle of pati:; akin to Greek πάσχειν:; see pathos < Proto-Indo-European *pē(i)- "to hurt" [Pokorny pē(i)- 792].

Adjective

 * Arabic: (Sabuur)
 * Armenian: համբերատար
 * Catalan: pacient
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: geduldig
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: türelmes
 * Icelandic: þolinmóður


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 忍耐強い (nintaizuyoi), 我慢強い (gamanzuyoi), 気が長い (ki ga nagai), しんぼう強い (shinbouzuyoi)
 * Latin: patiens
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English:
 * Persian: صبور
 * Polish: cierpliwy, cierpliwa , cierpliwe
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: trpezlivý, trpezlivá , trpezlivé
 * Slovene: potrpežljiv, potrpežljiva , potrpežljivo
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: tålmodig, har tålamod
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: sufälik

Noun

 * Afrikaans: pasiënt
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: pacient
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 病患
 * Croatian:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: patiënt, patiënte
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Filipino:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מטופל, פציאנט
 * Hindi: रोगी, मरीज़, बीमार


 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian: pasient
 * Persian: مریض, بیمار
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: pacient, pacientka
 * Slovene: bolnik, bolnica , pacient , pacientka
 * Sotho:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pasyente
 * Telugu:
 * Urdu: مریض, بیمار
 * Vietnamese: kiên nhẫn

Anagrams

 * antipet

Noun

 * 1)  person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person

Etymology
From patiens:, the present active participle of pati:.

Adjective

 * 1) patient

Antonyms

 * impatient

Noun

 * 1) a patient, an outpatient

Noun

 * 1) a patient

Related terms

 * långvårdspatient
 * patientavgift
 * patientförening