patience

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) The quality of being patient.
2. (uncountable, usually) Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called solitaire in the US and Canada.

Opposite of

impatience

Synonyms

forbearance

endurance

tolerance

perseverance

fortitude

solitaire

sufferance

self-control

long-suffering

resignation

patient

energy

composure

gentleness

longanimity

toleration

forgiveness

persistence

restraint

calmness

self-possession

courage

kindness

stamina

carefulness

stoicism

tenacity

thoughtfulness

masochism

perserverance

bearing

benevolence

cardinal virtues

constancy

deliberation

enduringness

guts

haven

lenity

longsuffering

meekness

mercy

nerve

patiently

put up with

resistance

self-denial

self-restraint

slowness

steadiness

Translations

patience

paciencia

pazienza

Geduld

paciência

geduld

υπομονή

paciència

Ausdauer

lijdzaamheid

indulgenza

patientia

صبر

ئارام

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpeɪʃəns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pacience

Cognate with French: patience

In summary

Inherited from Middle English pacience, from Old French pacience (modern French patience), from Latin patientia (“suffering; endurance, patience”), from patiens, present active participle of patior (“suffer, experience, wait”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”). Displaced native Old English ġeþyld.