Forbearing

Synonyms for "forbearing" (105 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Adjective(5 words)

acceptance acceptingarmed with patienceascetic benevolent benign charitable clemency clement compassion compassionate conciliatory

Noun(2 words)

be patientclemens

Verb(2 words)

brooking desisting

Strong matches (32)

disciplined easy easygoing endurance endurant enduring forbearance forbearant forgiving fortitude generous gentle gentleness humane humanity indulgence indulgent kind lax laxness

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leniency lenient liberallong sufferinglong-suffering longanimity longanimous

Adjective(4 words)

endure indulgent lenient long-suffering

Adjective(1 words)

kindly

Related words (52)

Adjective(11 words)

longanimousmeek personpatient patientest refrain restrained reticent tolerant tolerate uncomplaining withhold

magnanimous meek merciful mercifulness mercy mild mildness moderate passive patience patientpatient as jobperseverance persevering philosophical pity placable renunciation self-control self-controlled

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sober soft softness sparing spartan stoic stoicism sufferance temperate tender tenderness tolerance tolerant tolerating tolerative understanding unresentful unrevengefulwaiting game

Noun(2 words)

patient medical history filepatient quarantine

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

attitudinal stanceavoidance bearbehavioral traitcharacter traitenduremoral qualityrestrain

More specific

9 entries

bear insultsdesistendure painmeasuredmeasured replyrefrain restrainedrestrained speechself-controlled

Collocations

8 entries

forbearing attitudeforbearing conductforbearing demeanorforbearing patienceforbearing responseforbearing silenceforbearing stanceforbearing tone

Inflections

5 entries

forbears forbore forbornemore forbearingmost forbearing

Derivations

4 entries

forbear forbearance forbearer forbearingly

similar

1 entries

patient

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Be a little more forbearing!

Source: tatoeba (6292154)

"As God's forbearing to create more worlds than he has, is no impeachment of his omnipotence: so his forbearing to save as many as he might, is no impeachment of his infinite mercy."

Source: wiktionary

a forbearing temper

Source: wiktionary

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