Related Searches
on Ask.com
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: | considerate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectful of others |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, amiable, attentive, benevolent, big, charitable, chivalrous, circumspect, compassionate, complaisant, concerned, cool, discreet, forbearing, generous, kind, kindly, magnanimous, mellow, mindful, obliging, patient, polite, solicitous, sympathetic, tactful, tender, thoughtful, unselfish, warmhearted, like a sport |
| Antonyms: | disrespectful, impatient, inattentive, inconsiderate, mean, scornful, selfish, thoughtless, unfeeling, unmindful |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
