Dictionary Definition
patience
Noun
2 a card game played by one person [syn: solitaire]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Patience
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- The quality of being patient.
Translations
quality of being patient
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 耐性 (nàixìng)
- Czech: trpělivost
- Dutch: geduld
- Finnish: maltti, kärsivällisyys
- French: patience
- German: Geduld
- Hungarian: türelem
- Italian: pazienza
- Japanese: 辛抱 (しんぼう, shimbō)
- Korean: 참을성 (chameulseong)
- Kurdish:
- Old English: ġeþyld
- Portuguese: paciência
- Romanian: răbdare
- Russian: терпение (terpénije)
- Serbian: krotost , trpeljivost , strpljenje
- Slovene: potrpežljivost
- Spanish: paciencia
- Swedish: tålamod
- Telugu: ఓర్పు (Orpu), సహనం (sahanaM)
French
Pronunciation
Noun
patienceRelated terms
Extensive Definition
- This article is about the state of being. For other uses, see Patience (disambiguation).
patience in Arabic: قالب:عواطف
patience in Czech: Mírumilovnost
patience in German: Geduld
patience in Spanish: Paciencia
patience in French: Patience
patience in Italian: Pazienza
patience in Hebrew: סבלנות
patience in Newari: धैर्य
patience in Japanese: 忍耐
patience in Portuguese: Paciência
patience in Albanian: Durimi
patience in Sicilian: Pacenza
patience in Swedish: Tålamod
patience in Ukrainian: Терпеливість
patience in Yiddish: געדולד
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acceptance, application, assiduity, assiduousness, ataraxia, ataraxy, benevolence, bovinity, bulldog tenacity,
calmness, charitableness, charity, clemency, clementness, compassion, composure, concentration, condonation, constancy, cool, determination, diligence, dispassion, dispassionateness,
disregard, dogged
perseverance, doggedness, dullness, easiness, easy temper, easygoingness, endurance, engrossment, equanimity, even temper,
fidelity, firmness, forbearance, forbearing, forgiveness, forgivingness, fortitude, generousness, gentleness, good temper,
humaneness, humanity, impassiveness, impassivity, imperturbability,
imperturbableness,
indefatigability,
indulgence, industriousness,
industry, inexcitability, inexcitableness,
inirritability,
insistence, insistency, kindness, laxness, lenience, leniency, lenientness, lenity, long-suffering, longanimity, loyalty, magnanimity, mercifulness, mercy, mildness, moderateness, nonresistance, obstinacy, overlooking, passiveness, patience of
Job, patientness,
permanence, permissiveness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness,
pertinacity,
pity, plodding, plugging, preoccupation, relentlessness, resignation, resolution, resolve, restraint, sedulity, sedulousness, self-control,
serenity,
single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, smooth temper,
softness, stability, stamina, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness,
stick-to-itiveness, stoicism, stolidity, stubbornness, submission, submissiveness, sufferance, suffering, tenaciousness, tenacity, tenderness, tirelessness, tolerance, toleration, uncomplainingness,
unirritableness,
unnervousness,
unpassionateness,
unremittingness,
unrevengefulness,
unswerving attention