Patient

Definition:

  • (a.) Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.
  • (a.) Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering.
  • (a.) Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor.
  • (a.) Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed.
  • (a.) Forbearing; long-suffering.
  • (n.) ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
  • (n.) A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse.
  • (v. t.) To compose, to calm.

Compare patient with other words:

forbearance vs. patient

enduring vs. patient

patient vs. timid

endurable vs. patient

patent vs. patient

hesitate vs. patient

naive vs. patient

lazy vs. patient

calm vs. patient

patient vs. restive

patient vs. supportive

omnipatient vs. patient

overpatient vs. patient

mast vs. patient

pasg vs. patient

patient vs. succuss

fortitude vs. patient

client vs. patient

kind vs. patient

patient vs. peaceful

patient vs. resilient

patient vs. perseverant

forbearing vs. patient

gomer vs. patient

inmate vs. patient

coining vs. patient

patient vs. vaporizer

patient vs. sufferable

causative vs. patient

nursing vs. patient

capitation vs. patient

patient vs. tolerant

mat vs. patient

endure vs. patient

patient vs. stoical

anamnesis vs. patient

apheresis vs. patient

attending vs. patient

malpractice vs. patient

adherence vs. patient

patient vs. ventilate

critical vs. patient

medication vs. patient

compliance vs. patient

patient vs. signature

pallid vs. patient

leech vs. patient

isolation vs. patient

pathos vs. patient

patient vs. presentation

intravenous vs. patient

outpatient vs. patient

noun vs. patient

educated vs. patient

medically vs. patient

doctor vs. patient

patient vs. treatment

passivity vs. patient

passionate vs. patient

patient vs. patiently

antsy vs. patient

impatient vs. patient

composed vs. patient

patient vs. unwilling

bother vs. patient

patient vs. wait

patient vs. temper

passive vs. patient

agent vs. patient

passion vs. patient

code vs. patient

patient vs. prescribe

hospital vs. patient

patience vs. patient