- patient - enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance; "a patient smile"; "was patient with the children"; "an exact and patient scientist"; "please be patient"
Antonyms: impatient, intolerant of, impatient of, short, unforbearing, restive
- patient - enduring without protest or complaint
Antonyms: complaining, complaintive (indirect, via uncomplaining)
- patient - a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"
--1 is a kind of case; sick person, diseased person, sufferer
--1 is a member of doctor-patient relation; nurse-patient relation
--1 has particulars:alexic; analysand; hypochondriac; index case; inpatient, inmate; outpatient; vaccinee - affected role, patient role, patient - the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
--2 is a kind of semantic role, participant role
- affected role, patient role, patient - the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause