Be patient please. It takes time.
Source: tatoeba (1896)
Patient
//ˈpeɪʃənt//
Synonyms for "patient" (173 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (35)
Strong matches (52)
Related words (86)
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Adjective(1 words)
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More general
6 entriesAntonyms
5 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesat location
4 entriescapable of
12 entriescoordinate
6 entriesderived
35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
distinct from
2 entrieshas context
2 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
6 entriesrelated to
37 entriesShowing 16 of 37 words.
similar
15 entriesTranslations
268 translations across 95 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- geduldig noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- pasiënt noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- siek noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Albanian
1 entries- pacient noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μακρόθυμος adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
Arabic
4 entries- صبور adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- صَبُور adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- مَرِيض noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- مَرِيضَة noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Armenian
4 entries- համբերատար adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- բուժառու noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- հիվանդ noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- պացիենտ noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- xəstə noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Basque
2 entries- eri noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- gaixo noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Belarusian
4 entries- цярплі́вы adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- пацые́нт noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- пацые́нтка noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- спале́чнік noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Bengali
1 entries- রোগী noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Bulgarian
4 entries- настойчив adj (constant in pursuit)
- търпели́в adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- бо́лен noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- бо́лна noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Burmese
1 entries- လူနာ noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Catalan
2 entries- pacient adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- pacient noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Cebuano
1 entries- pasyente noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Chamicuro
1 entries- ijchapyani noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏢᎩ noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 耐心 adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- 耐煩 /耐烦 adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- 受事 noun (linguistics)
- 患者 noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Czech
4 entries- trpělivý adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- nemocná noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- nemocný noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- pacient noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Danish
2 entries- tålmodig adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- patient noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Dari
2 entries- بیمَار noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- مَرِیض noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Dutch
3 entries- geduldig adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- patiënt noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- patiënte noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Esperanto
3 entries- pacienca adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- pacientino noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- paciento noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Estonian
2 entries- patsient noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- ravialune noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Faroese
1 entries- sjúklingur noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Finnish
4 entries- kärsivällinen adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- pitkämielinen adj (constant in pursuit)
- patientti noun (linguistics)
- potilas noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
French
4 entries- patient adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- malade noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- patient noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- patiente noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Galician
3 entries- paciente adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- doente noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- paciente noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Georgian
1 entries- პაციენტი noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
German
4 entries- geduldig adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- Kranke noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- Kranker noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- Patiens noun (linguistics)
Greek
2 entries- υπομονετικός adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- ασθενής noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Hebrew
3 entries- סַבְלָנִי adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- מטופל \ מְטֻפָּל noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- פַּצְיֶנְט noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Hindi
4 entries- सहनशील adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- बीमार noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- मरीज़ noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- रोगी noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Hungarian
4 entries- kitartó adj (constant in pursuit)
- türelmes adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- állhatatos adj (constant in pursuit)
- beteg noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Icelandic
2 entries- þolinmóður adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- sjúklingur noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Indonesian
2 entries- sabar adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- pasien noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Ingrian
1 entries- läsivä noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- بیمار noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- مَریض noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Irish
1 entries- othar noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Italian
2 entries- paziente adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- paziente noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Japanese
4 entries- 忍耐強い adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- 我慢強い adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- 気が長い adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- 辛抱強い adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
Kazakh
4 entries- сабырлы adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- төзімді adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- шыдамды adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- емделуші noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Khmer
3 entries- រោគី noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- អាពាធិក noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- អ្នកជំងឺ noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Korean
4 entries- 끈기 있는 adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- 인내심 있는 adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- 참을성 있는 adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- 병인 noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- бейтап noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- оору noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- пациент noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Lao
3 entries- ຄິລານະ noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- ຄົນເຈັບ noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- ຄົນໄຂ້ noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Latin
1 entries- patiēns adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
Latvian
2 entries- paciente noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- pacients noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Laz
1 entries- ზაბუნი noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Lingala
2 entries- mobeli noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- mokoni noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Lithuanian
2 entries- pacientas noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- pacientė noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- gedëlleg adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- Patient noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Macedonian
4 entries- трпелив adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- болен noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- болна noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- пацие́нт noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Malay
3 entries- sabar adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- pesakit noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- ڤساکيت noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Marathi
2 entries- रुग्ण noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- रोगी noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Middle English
2 entries- pacient adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- pacient adj (constant in pursuit)
Middle French
1 entries- patient noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Mongolian
4 entries- эмчлүүлэгч noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- өвчтөн noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- ᠡᠪᠡᠳᠴᠢᠲᠡᠨ noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- ᠡᠮᠴᠢᠯᠡᠭᠦᠯᠦᠭᠴᠢ noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Māori
4 entries- manawanui adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- manawarahi adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- mānawanawa adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- tūroro noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Norman
1 entries- pâcient adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- nexweş noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- xeste noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Northern Sami
1 entries- buohcci noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- tålmodig adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- tålsom adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- pasient noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- tolmodig adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- tolsam adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- tolug adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- pasient noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Occitan
1 entries- pacient noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Old English
1 entries- ġeþyldiġ adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
Old French
1 entries- patient noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Pashto
2 entries- بيمار noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- مريض noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Persian
4 entries- بردبار adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- شکیبا adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- شکیبنده adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- صبور adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
Polish
4 entries- cierpliwy adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- chora noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- chory noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- pacjens noun (linguistics)
Portuguese
2 entries- paciente adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- paciente noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Romanian
3 entries- răbdător adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- pacient noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- pacientă noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Russian
4 entries- терпели́вый adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- больна́я noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- больно́й noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- па́циенс noun (linguistics)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- strpljiv adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- стрпљив adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- bolèsnica noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- bolèsnīk noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Slovak
4 entries- trpezlivý adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- trpezlivý adj (constant in pursuit)
- chorá noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- chorý noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Slovene
4 entries- potrpežljiv adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- bolnica noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- bolnik noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- pacient noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Sotho
1 entries- mokudi noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Southern Altai
2 entries- оору noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- оору кижи noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Spanish
3 entries- paciente adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- pacienzudo adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- paciente noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Swedish
2 entries- tålmodig adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- patient noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Tagalog
1 entries- pasyente noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Tajik
4 entries- босабр adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- собир adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- бемор noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- касал noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Telugu
2 entries- రోగి noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- వ్యాధిగ్రస్తుడు noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Thai
2 entries- คนไข้ noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- ผู้ป่วย noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Tibetan
1 entries- ནད་པ noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Turkish
3 entries- dayançlı adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- sabırlı adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- hasta noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Turkmen
1 entries- pasiýent noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Ukrainian
4 entries- терпели́вий adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- терпля́чий adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- паціє́нт noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- паціє́нтка noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Urdu
2 entries- بِیمار noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- مَرِیض noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Uyghur
2 entries- بىمار noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- كېسەل noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Uzbek
4 entries- sabrli adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- bemor noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- kasal noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- patsiyent noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Vietnamese
2 entries- kiên nhẫn adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- bệnh nhân noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Volapük
1 entries- sufälik adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
Walloon
3 entries- pacyin adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- malåde noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- pacyin noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Welsh
2 entries- amyneddgar adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- claf noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּאַציענט noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Zazaki
3 entries- sebırın adj (not losing one's temper while waiting)
- bêmer noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
- nêweş (diq) noun (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
From the doctor's grim expression, it was clear he had somber news for the patient.
Source: tatoeba (1989)
My driving instructor says I should be more patient.
Source: tatoeba (19004)
You have to be patient.
Source: tatoeba (20305)
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