Synonyms of long-suffering

long-suffering 1 of 2

adjective

ˈlȯŋ-ˌsə-f(ə-)riŋ 

as in patient

accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint

the long-suffering parents calmly waited until the tantrum had passed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• patient
• stoic
• obedient
• uncomplaining
• passive
• forbearing
• subordinate
• tolerant
• obliging
• willing
• collected
• composed
• restrained
• resigned
• acquiescent
• amiable
• docile
• lenient
• submissive
• repressed
• tractable
• compliant
• law-abiding
• yielding
• complying
• conformist
• subservient
• slavish
• disciplined
• amenable
• placable
• contained
• uncaring
• constrained
• unresponsive
• inhibited
• agreeable
• unresistant
• apathetic
• curbed
• self-controlled
• self-contained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• impatient
• complaining
• protesting
• weary
• fed up
• tired
• bored
• kvetching
• resistant
• defiant
• kvetchy
• recalcitrant
• contrary
• rebellious
• refractory
• disobedient
• intractable
• unruly
• insubordinate
• unmanageable
• ungovernable

long-suffering

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noun

ˈlȯŋ-ˌsə-f(ə-)riŋ 

as in patience

the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining

you will need infinite long-suffering to put up with that arrogant jerk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• patience
• tolerance
• forbearance
• acquiescence
• sufferance
• willingness
• resignation
• subordination
• passivity
• discipline
• docility
• obedience
• passiveness
• compliance
• submission
• tractability
• submissiveness
• amenability
• conformism
• self-control

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• impatience
• defiance
• resistance
• disobedience
• insubordination
• willfulness
• recalcitrance
• intractability
• contrariness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of long-suffering

Adjective

Our ancestors—the hard-working, long-suffering peasant women who told these stories to each other and passed them down the generations through the oral tradition—knew everything there was to know about adversity. — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026

His affinity for Aurelio’s Pizza and long-suffering support for the White Sox, Bulls and Bears has since stirred a fresh wave of hometown pride in Chicago. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026

The good are rewarded, the long-suffering and loyal get their spotlight moment, and Judas is denied their 30 pieces of silver. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026

Once a long-suffering underling to Streep’s Priestly, her fortunes have now dramatically reversed. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026