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patient - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: patient
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: capable, willing to endure
Synonyms: accommodating, calm, composed, enduring, even-tempered, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, imperturbable, indulgent, lenient, long-suffering, meek, mild, persevering, persistent, philosophical, quiet, resigned, self-possessed, serene, submissive, tolerant, tranquil, understanding, unruffled, untiring, easy-going, mild-tempered, philosophic, stoical, uncomplaining
Antonyms: agitated, frustrated, impatient, intolerant, unwilling
Main Entry: patient
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person being treated for medical problem
Synonyms: case, convalescent, emergency, inmate, invalid, subject, victim, outpatient, shut-in, sick person, sufferer
Antonyms: doctor
Main Entry: client
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: customer
Synonyms: applicant, believer, buyer, chump, consumer, dependent, disciple, follower, front, habitué, head, mark, patient, patron, protégé, purchaser, shopper, ward, protégée, walk-in
Antonyms: manager, owner
Main Entry: easygoing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: complacent, permissive
Synonyms: amenable, breezy, calm, carefree, casual, collected, complaisant, composed, devil-may-care*, even-tempered*, flexible, free and easy, happy-go-lucky*, indolent, indulgent, informal, insouciant, laid-back*, lazy, lenient, liberal, mild, moderate, nonchalant, offhand, patient, placid, self-possessed, serene, tolerant, tranquil, unconcerned, uncritical, unhurried, uninhibited, hang-loose, low-pressure, outgiving, poised, relaxed, undemanding
Antonyms: agitated, critical, demanding, hurried, intolerant, nervous, strict, upset, worried, hyped
Main Entry: even-tempered
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: easygoing
Synonyms: calm, collected, complacent, composed, cool, level-headed, patient, stable, steady, unruffled, relaxed, unexcitable
Main Entry: forbearing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: tolerant
Synonyms: charitable, clement, considerate, easy, forgiving, gentle, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, lenient, long-suffering, merciful, mild, moderate, patient, thoughtful, being big, going easy on, going easy with, living with, longanimous, soft-shell
Antonyms: impatient, intolerant, merciless, strict, uncontrolled
Main Entry: indefatigable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: untiring
Synonyms: active, assiduous, bound and determined, determined, diligent, dogged, energetic, hell-bent*, industrious, inexhaustible, ironclad, painstaking, patient, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, relentless, sedulous, steadfast, strenuous, tireless, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, unwavering, vigorous, dead set on, nose to grindstone, stop at nothing, unremitting, unwearied, unwearying
Antonyms: fatigued, tired, weary
Main Entry: invalid
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sick person
Synonyms: consumptive, convalescent, incurable, patient, shut-in, sufferer
Main Entry: mad person
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who is considered mentally ill
Synonyms: crazy person, demented, deranged, idiot, imbecile, lunatic, maniac, patient, psycho, psychopath, psychotic, sociopath, bedlamite, loon, mental case, raver, schizophrenic
Main Entry: meek
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shy; compliant
Synonyms: deferential, docile, forbearing, gentle, humble, lenient, long-suffering, lowly, manageable, mild, modest, nothing, orderly, pabulum*, passive, patient, peaceful, plain, resigned, serene, soft, spineless, spiritless, subdued, submissive, tame, timid, tolerant, unassuming, unpretentious, weak, wishy-washy*, yielding, zero*, acquiescent, longanimous, milquetoast, unresisting, weak-kneed
Antonyms: bold, brave, immodest, impertinent, uninhibited, emboldened
Main Entry: passive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lifeless, inactive
Synonyms: apathetic, asleep, bearing, compliant, cool, docile, enduring, flat, forbearing, idle, indifferent, inert, laid-back*, latent, long-suffering, motionless, nonviolent, patient, phlegmatic, quiescent, quiet, receptive, resigned, sleepy, static, stolid, submissive, tractable, unflappable, yielding, acquiescent, going through motions, hands off, moony, nonresistant, poker-faced*, unassertive, uninvolved, unresisting, walking through it
Notes: active knowledge is the knowledge of a language which a user actively employs in speech or writing, as opposed to passive knowledge, which is what a person understands in what he/she hears or reads
Antonyms: active, dynamic, lively
Main Entry: resigned
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: enduring, passive
Synonyms: adapted, agreeable, amenable, calm, compliant, cordial, deferential, docile, genial, gentle, long-suffering, manageable, obedient, patient, peaceable, philosophical, pliant, quiescent, quiet, ready, reconciled, satisfied, subdued, submissive, subservient, tame, tolerant, tractable, willing, yielding, accommodated, acquiescent, adjusted, biddable, nonresisting, relinquishing, renouncing, stoical, unassertive, unprotesting, unresisting, well-disposed
Antonyms: intolerant
Main Entry: serene
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: calm, undisturbed
Synonyms: clear, collected, comfortable, composed, content, cool*, dispassionate, easy, easygoing, fair, halcyon, imperturbable, laid-back*, limpid, patient, peaceful, pellucid, phlegmatic, placid, quiescent, quiet, reconciled, resting, satisfied, sedate, self-possessed, smooth, still, tranquil, unflappable, unruffled, untroubled, at peace, cool as a cucumber, poised, stoical
Antonyms: agitated, disturbed, excited, troubled
Main Entry: stoic/stoical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: philosophic, calm
Synonyms: aloof, apathetic, cool, detached, dispassionate, dry, enduring, impassive, imperturbable, indifferent, indomitable, long-suffering, matter-of-fact, patient, phlegmatic, resigned, sober, stolid, unconcerned, unemotional, unflappable, unmoved, cool as cucumber, rolling with punches, self-controlled
Antonyms: anxious, depressed, upset, stressed
Main Entry: submissive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: compliant
Synonyms: abject, accommodating, amenable, deferential, docile, domesticated, dutiful, humble, ingratiating, lowly, malleable, meek, menial, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, passive, patient, pliable, pliant, resigned, servile, slavish, subdued, tame, tractable, yes*, yielding, acquiescent, bowing down, comformable, complying, giving-in, nonresistant, nonresisting, obeying, uncomplaining, unresisting
Antonyms: disobedient, fighting, intractable, resistant, unyielding
Main Entry: tolerant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: open-minded, easygoing
Synonyms: advanced, benevolent, big, broad, broad-minded, catholic, charitable, clement, complaisant, condoning, fair, forbearing, forgiving, free and easy, humane, indulgent, kindhearted*, lax, lenient, liberal, long-suffering*, magnanimous, merciful, patient, permissive, progressive, radical, receptive, soft, sophisticated, sympathetic, understanding, unprejudiced, wide, easy on, easy with, excusing
Antonyms: biased, intolerant, narrow-minded, prejudiced, disapproving
Main Entry: tranquil
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: quiet, peaceful
Synonyms: agreeable, amicable, balmy, calm, collected, comforting, composed, cool, easy, easygoing, even, even-tempered, gentle, halcyon, lenient, low, measured, mild, moderate, pacific, pastoral, patient, placid, pleasing, possessed, reasonable, restful, sedate, sedative, serene, smooth, sober, soft, soothing, stable, still, tame, temperate, undisturbed, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled, whispering, at ease, at peace, hushed, murmuring, paradisiacal, poised, unexcitable, unexcited
Antonyms: chaotic, loud, noisy, turbulent, violent, wild, unpeaceful
Main Entry: understanding
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: accepting, tolerant
Synonyms: compassionate, considerate, discerning, forbearing, forgiving, generous, kind, kindly, patient, perceptive, responsive, sensitive, sympathetic, empathetic
Antonyms: intolerant, unaccepting
Main Entry: untiring
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: determined, persevering
Synonyms: constant, continuing, dedicated, devoted, dogged, eager beaver*, firm, grind*, incessant, indefatigable, indomitable, inexhaustible, jumping, patient, perky, persistent, pertinacious, resolute, staunch, steady, strong, tenacious, tireless, unceasing, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, unstinted, unswerving, unwavering, continued, fireball, go-go, hyper, plodding, plugging, undeterred, unremitting, unwearied
Antonyms: failing, irresolute, tiring, unpersevering
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