patience
/pˈeɪʃʌns/noun2 syllables
Patience means: good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence.
Synonyms for patience3
noun, as in good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
forbearance, longanimity
noun, as in a card game played by one person
solitaire
Opposites of patience
impatience
What does patience mean?2
noun
1
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
2
a card game played by one person
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with patience?1
three syllables
impatience
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Patience in a sentence
- Never take advantage of someone's patience, because sooner or later he'll grow tired.marcelostockle
- What you need is, in a word, patience.Zifre
- Everywhere he went, he taught love, patience, and most of all, non-violence.CK
- I wouldn't mind having such angelic patience, either.astyng
- Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.ApAdAnA
- Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.carlosalberto
- Lieutenant, my patience is shorter than my sword.Scott
- Eventually, my patience is going to run out.CK
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