patient

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈpeɪʃənt/

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• Hyphenation: pa‧tient

Adjective

Positive patient

Comparative more patient

Superlative most patient

1. If someone is patient, they can wait without getting upset.
   • Antonym: impatient

   It's hard to be patient with people who don't listen to you.

   I'm a patient man with a long memory; I can wait.

Noun

Singular patient

Plural patients

1. (countable) (medicine) A patient is a person or animal under medical care.

   Emergency room doctors treated over 200 patients today.

   Patients with various illnesses were put on the diet.

Synonyms

• client