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patient
Synonyms and Antonyms of patient
1
accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint
acquiescent, passive, resigned, unresistant, yielding
agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, conformist, docile, law-abiding, obedient, placable, submissive, subordinate, tractable, willing
constrained, contained, curbed, inhibited, repressed, restrained
2
continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement
assured, certain, dedicated, determined, firm, hell-bent, intent, positive, resolute, resolved, single-minded, sure
adamant, bullheaded, dogged, hardened, hardheaded, headstrong, implacable, indurate, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, peevish, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unregenerate, unyielding, willful (or wilful)
unfaltering, unhesitating, unwavering
resistant, wayward, wrongheaded
constant, devoted, faithful, good, loyal, staunch (also stanch), steadfast, steady, true
hard, inflexible, relentless, stern, unbending, unflinching, unrelenting
patient
Synonyms and Antonyms of patient
an individual awaiting or under medical care and treatment
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