patient
adjective /ˈpeɪ.ʃənt/Definition
B1 having patience: Dinner will be ready in half an hour - just be patient! Be patient with her - she's very young. → Opposite impatientPatient and uncomplaining patiently /-li/ adverb B2 There was a queue of people waiting patiently for the bus to arrive.Patient and uncomplaining
(Definition of patient adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- dove noun (PERSON)
- equable adjective
- equanimity noun
- even-tempered adjective
- forbearing adjective
- have the patience of a saint idiom
- long-suffering adjective
- pacific adjective
- patience noun (QUALITY)
- peace-loving adjective
- peaceable adjective
- stoic adjective
- stoic noun
- stoicism noun
- the patience of Job idiom
- uncomplaining adjective
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