patience | Definition of patience

Synonyms and Antonyms of patience

the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining

the teacher's patience is being sorely tested this year by several parents who seem to have no interest in their children's education

Synonyms of patience

forbearance, long-suffering, sufferance, tolerance

Words Related to patience

acquiescence, resignation

passiveness, passivity

amenability, compliance, conformism, docility, obedience, subordination, tractability, willingness

discipline, self-control

submission, submissiveness

Near Antonyms of patience

contrariness, disobedience, insubordination, intractability, recalcitrance, resistance, willfulness

Antonyms of patience