Patience

//ˈpeɪʃəns//

Synonyms for "patience" (147 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Noun(2 words)
forbearancesolitaire

Strong matches (44)

Related words (73)

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

3 entries

Antonyms

6 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

7 entries

capable of

1 entries

causes desire

2 entries

derived

10 entries

distinct from

2 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

14 entries

Translations

178 translations across 98 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • аҷхара noun (quality of being patient)

Albanian

1 entries
  • durim noun (quality of being patient)

Algerian Arabic

1 entries
  • بَاصِيصَا noun (quality of being patient)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • μακροθυμία noun (quality of being patient)
  • ὑπομονή noun (quality of being patient)

Arabic

3 entries
  • تَحَمُّل noun (quality of being patient)
  • صبر noun (quality of being patient)
  • صَبْر noun (quality of being patient)

Armenian

1 entries
  • համբերություն noun (quality of being patient)

Asturian

1 entries
  • paciencia noun (quality of being patient)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • dözüm noun (quality of being patient)
  • hövsələ noun (quality of being patient)
  • səbir noun (quality of being patient)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • сабырлыҡ noun (quality of being patient)
  • түҙемлек noun (quality of being patient)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • пасья́нс noun (game that can be played by one person)
  • цярпе́нне noun (quality of being patient)
  • цярплі́васць noun (quality of being patient)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ধৈর্য noun (quality of being patient)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • пасиа́нс noun (game that can be played by one person)
  • търпе́ние noun (quality of being patient)
  • търпели́вост noun (quality of being patient)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ခန္တီ noun (quality of being patient)

Catalan

2 entries
  • paciència noun (quality of being patient)
  • solitari noun (game that can be played by one person)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • ئارام noun (quality of being patient)
  • قنیات noun (quality of being patient)

Chadian Arabic

1 entries
  • صبر noun (quality of being patient)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 忍耐 noun (quality of being patient)
  • 耐性 noun (quality of being patient)

Czech

2 entries
  • pasiáns noun (game that can be played by one person)
  • trpělivost noun (quality of being patient)

Danish

2 entries
  • tålmod noun (quality of being patient)
  • tålmodighed noun (quality of being patient)

Dutch

3 entries
  • geduld noun (quality of being patient)
  • mochelen noun (game that can be played by one person)
  • patience noun (game that can be played by one person)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • pacienco noun (quality of being patient)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kannatlikkus noun (quality of being patient)

Faroese

1 entries
  • tol noun (quality of being patient)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kärsivällisyys noun (quality of being patient)
  • maltti noun (quality of being patient)
  • pasianssi noun (game that can be played by one person)

French

2 entries
  • patience noun (quality of being patient)
  • patience noun (game that can be played by one person)

Galician

1 entries
  • paciencia noun (quality of being patient)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მოთმინება noun (quality of being patient)
  • პასიანსი noun (game that can be played by one person)

German

1 entries
  • Geduld noun (quality of being patient)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹 noun (quality of being patient)
  • 𐌿𐍃𐌸𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (quality of being patient)

Greek

2 entries
  • πασιέντζα noun (game that can be played by one person)
  • υπομονή noun (quality of being patient)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • pasyans noun (quality of being patient)

Haryanvi

1 entries
  • थ्यावस noun (quality of being patient)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • סַבְלָנוּת noun (quality of being patient)

Hindi

4 entries
  • धीरज noun (quality of being patient)
  • धैर्य noun (quality of being patient)
  • सहन noun (quality of being patient)
  • सहनशीलता noun (quality of being patient)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • türelem noun (quality of being patient)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • biðlund noun (quality of being patient)
  • þolinmæði noun (quality of being patient)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kesabaran noun (quality of being patient)

Irish

1 entries
  • foighne noun (quality of being patient)

Italian

1 entries
  • pazienza noun (quality of being patient)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ソリティア noun (game that can be played by one person)
  • 忍耐 noun (quality of being patient)
  • 我慢 noun (quality of being patient)
  • 辛抱 noun (quality of being patient)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • дегбір noun (quality of being patient)
  • сабыр noun (quality of being patient)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ខន្តី noun (quality of being patient)

Korean

3 entries
  • 솔리테어 noun (game that can be played by one person)
  • 인내 noun (quality of being patient)
  • 참을성 noun (quality of being patient)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • сабыр noun (quality of being patient)
  • сабырдуулук noun (quality of being patient)
  • чыдам noun (quality of being patient)
  • чыдамдуулук noun (quality of being patient)

Ladino

2 entries
  • pasiensia noun (quality of being patient)
  • פאסינסייה noun (quality of being patient)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄວາມອົດທົນ noun (quality of being patient)

Latin

1 entries
  • patientia noun (quality of being patient)

Latvian

1 entries
  • pacietība noun (quality of being patient)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kantrybė noun (quality of being patient)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Gedold noun (quality of being patient)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • пасијанс noun (game that can be played by one person)
  • стрпливост noun (quality of being patient)
  • трпение noun (quality of being patient)

Malay

2 entries
  • kesabaran noun (quality of being patient)
  • sabar noun (quality of being patient)

Middle English

1 entries
  • pacience noun (quality of being patient)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • тэвчээр noun (quality of being patient)

Māori

2 entries
  • manawa noun (quality of being patient)
  • manawanuitanga noun (quality of being patient)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • subira noun (quality of being patient)

Norman

1 entries
  • pâcienche noun (quality of being patient)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • bêhnfirehî noun (quality of being patient)
  • sebir noun (quality of being patient)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • kabal noun (game that can be played by one person)
  • tålmodighet noun (quality of being patient)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • tolmod noun (quality of being patient)

Occitan

1 entries
  • paciéncia noun (quality of being patient)

Old English

1 entries
  • ġeþyld noun (quality of being patient)

Oromo

1 entries
  • obsa noun (quality of being patient)

Pashto

3 entries
  • حوصله noun (quality of being patient)
  • زغم noun (quality of being patient)
  • صبر noun (quality of being patient)

Persian

4 entries
  • تحمل noun (quality of being patient)
  • حوصله noun (quality of being patient)
  • شکیبائی noun (quality of being patient)
  • صبر noun (quality of being patient)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • passiensa noun (quality of being patient)

Polish

2 entries
  • cierpliwość noun (quality of being patient)
  • pasjans noun (game that can be played by one person)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • paciência noun (quality of being patient)
  • paciência noun (game that can be played by one person)

Romagnol

2 entries
  • pazenzia noun (quality of being patient)
  • pazénzia noun (quality of being patient)

Romanian

1 entries
  • răbdare noun (quality of being patient)

Russian

3 entries
  • пасья́нс noun (game that can be played by one person)
  • терпе́ние noun (quality of being patient)
  • терпели́вость noun (quality of being patient)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • धैर्य noun (quality of being patient)
  • सहन noun (quality of being patient)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • foighidinn noun (quality of being patient)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • krotost noun (quality of being patient)
  • strpljénje noun (quality of being patient)
  • str̀pljivōst noun (quality of being patient)
  • trpeljivost noun (quality of being patient)

Slovak

1 entries
  • trpezlivosť noun (quality of being patient)

Slovene

1 entries
  • potrpežljivost noun (quality of being patient)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • чыдам noun (quality of being patient)

Spanish

2 entries
  • paciencia noun (quality of being patient)
  • solitario noun (game that can be played by one person)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • pasensie noun (quality of being patient)

Swahili

3 entries
  • subira noun (quality of being patient)
  • subra noun (quality of being patient)
  • uvumilivu noun (quality of being patient)

Swedish

2 entries
  • patiens noun (game that can be played by one person)
  • tålamod noun (quality of being patient)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • pasensya noun (quality of being patient)
  • solitaryo noun (game that can be played by one person)

Tajik

1 entries
  • сабр noun (quality of being patient)

Tatar

1 entries
  • сабырлык noun (quality of being patient)

Telugu

2 entries
  • ఓర్పు noun (quality of being patient)
  • సహనము noun (quality of being patient)

Thai

1 entries
  • ความอดทน noun (quality of being patient)

Turkish

4 entries
  • dayanç noun (quality of being patient)
  • faysal noun (quality of being patient)
  • kudret noun (quality of being patient)
  • pasiyans noun (game that can be played by one person)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • sabyr noun (quality of being patient)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • пасья́нс noun (game that can be played by one person)
  • терпели́вість noun (quality of being patient)
  • терпля́чість noun (quality of being patient)
  • терпі́ння noun (quality of being patient)

Urdu

3 entries
  • تحمل noun (quality of being patient)
  • سہن noun (quality of being patient)
  • صبر noun (quality of being patient)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • سەۋر noun (quality of being patient)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • sabr noun (quality of being patient)

Walloon

1 entries
  • pacyince noun (quality of being patient)

Welsh

3 entries
  • amynedd noun (quality of being patient)
  • dioddefgarwch noun (quality of being patient)
  • ymaros noun (quality of being patient)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • געדולד noun (quality of being patient)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • sùúrù noun (quality of being patient)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • pawen noun (game that can be played by one person)
  • sabır noun (quality of being patient)
  • sebır (diq) noun (quality of being patient)
  • tehamul noun (quality of being patient)

Zulu

1 entries
  • isineke noun (quality of being patient)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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I am losing my patience with you.

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What you need is, in a word, patience.

Source: tatoeba (17443)

Patience is essential for a teacher.

Source: tatoeba (19071)

Teaching demands a lot of patience.

Source: tatoeba (19138)

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