Patient
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English
Adjective
Patient (comparative more Patient, superlative most Patient)
- content to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting; not bothered with having to wait; not unwilling to wait
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Noun
Patient (plural Patients)- A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
- (linguistics, grammar) 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
- (linguistics, grammar): agent
Derived terms
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 Latin patiens, present participle of pati (“to suffer, endure”); akin to Greek πάσχειν (paskhein, “to suffer”); see pathos < Proto-Indo-European *pē(i)- "to hurt" [Pokorny pē(i)- 792].
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External links
- Patient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Patient in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
Patient c. (singular definite Patienten, plural indefinite Patienter)
- patient (person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person)
Etymology
From Latin patiens (“suffering”), the present active participle of patī (“to suffer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /pasjɛnt/, [pʰaˈɕɛnˀd̥]
Inflection
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | Patient | Patienten | Patienter | Patienterne |
| genitive | Patients | Patientens | Patienters | Patienternes |
French
Adjective
Patient m. (f. Patiente, m. plural Patients, f. plural Patientes)
- patient
Antonyms
Noun
Patient m. (plural Patients; feminine patiente, plural patientes)
- a patient, an outpatient
Pronunciation
Swedish
Noun
Patient c.
- a patient
Pronunciation
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | Patient | Patienten | Patienter | Patienterna |
| genitive | Patients | Patientens | Patienters | Patienternas |
