1
as in excited
showing urgent desire or interest
she was impatient to give her presentation before the landmark commission
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2
as in complaining
unable or unwilling to endure
those airline passengers who are so impatient of delays, even for the most obvious of reasons
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Recent Examples of impatient
By September, 2017, though, Musk had grown impatient.
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Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
But the front office, led by owner Ted Turner, was impatient for a World Series win, and Torre was fired in 1984.
—Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 5 Apr. 2026
My dad had always been rigid and impatient—prone to bouts of anger—and now exasperation became not just a frequent flaw but a full-time operating principle.
—Ashley Parker, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2026
Propped against this narrow counter, with a steady stream of market-goers filling the street, Cami had passed her a sheaf of forms to sign and Ember, already impatient, promised to leave them on her desk before the weekend, then slotted them into her bag and immediately forgot.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
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Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
But the front office, led by owner Ted Turner, was impatient for a World Series win, and Torre was fired in 1984.
—Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 5 Apr. 2026
My dad had always been rigid and impatient—prone to bouts of anger—and now exasperation became not just a frequent flaw but a full-time operating principle.
—Ashley Parker, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2026
Propped against this narrow counter, with a steady stream of market-goers filling the street, Cami had passed her a sheaf of forms to sign and Ember, already impatient, promised to leave them on her desk before the weekend, then slotted them into her bag and immediately forgot.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impatient
Adjective
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People have been particularly excited about your chemistry with Steve Carell.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Apr. 2026
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After a four-year hiatus, creator Sam Levinson was excited to take the high-school characters into adulthood.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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An energy vampire has bad body language, the complaining look on their face, the vocal complainer.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Boomer is particularly enthusiastic to introduce the world to the latter actress, who previously appeared in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans and Prime Video's Hunters.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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Chinese people, particularly younger ones, have long been enthusiastic about wordplay.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Coyotes are naturally more intolerant of dogs and humans when pups are on the line.—
Caden Perry,
jsonline.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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The flat logistic curve that makes the rising tide gradual also means the final climb toward 99%-plus reliability is a long one, a meaningful buffer for error-intolerant professions in law, medicine, and engineering.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Takaichi is a hard rock and heavy metal music fan and was an avid drummer in her college days.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The president's eldest grandchild is an avid golfer who committed to play for the University of Miami's collegiate team this fall.—
Linda Marx,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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Ground zero Last year, Glenn Roquemore, who chairs the education committee of the Flying Leathernecks Heritage Foundation, was searching for eager students to build the iconic Jenny plane, based off of one that had been crashed and never restored.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
14 Apr. 2026
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The casting has been highly anticipated, with fans eager to see how the EmHen universe love stories will translate onscreen — even going so far as to share dream casting choices.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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The 60-year-old was anxious at the onset of the spring planting season, rattling off the long list of issues affecting his family’s livelihood at their 2,000-acre farm near Wahoo, Nebraska.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Like him, Rue is squirming under Laurie’s thumb, anxious to get out.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
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William Atherton’s Jerry Hathaway—the money-hungry mad king behind Project Crossbow—is unfortunately medium plausible.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Angela is slinky, pliable, and hungry to please, all but tearing up the Hays Code without lifting a finger.—
Joshua John Miller,
Vanity Fair,
9 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Impatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impatient. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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