What is another word for patient?

Across its 3 senses, patient has 2 distinct synonyms: affected role, patient role. Each belongs to a specific meaning, listed on this page under the sense it serves.

What is the opposite of patient?

The recorded antonym is impatient. Opposites are sense-specific too: this page shows which meaning each one is the opposite of, because a word rarely has a single opposite that holds for all of its senses.

Why are the synonyms for patient split into groups?

Because patient carries 3 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for patient come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Synonyms and antonyms

patient

patient/ˈpeɪʃənt/

nounadjectiveCore

patient has 2 distinct synonyms spread across 1 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is impatient.

2
Distinct synonyms: 1
Antonym: 3 of 3
Senses with a relation

Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.

patient as a noun

2 of 2 senses carry a relation

1.
a person who requires medical care
“the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly”
SynonymsNo synonym recorded for this sense.
Related
Broadercase sick person
Narroweralexic analysand arthritic hypertensive hypochondriac hypotensive index case inpatient outpatient vaccinee
2.
the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Synonymsaffected role patient role
Related
Broadersemantic role

patient as an adjective

1 of 1 sense carry a relation

1.
enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
“a patient smile”
SynonymsNo synonym recorded for this sense.
Antonymsimpatient

Questions about patient

What is another word for patient?: Across its 3 senses, patient has 2 distinct synonyms: affected role, patient role. Each belongs to a specific meaning, listed on this page under the sense it serves.
What is the opposite of patient?: The recorded antonym is impatient. Opposites are sense-specific too: this page shows which meaning each one is the opposite of, because a word rarely has a single opposite that holds for all of its senses.
Why are the synonyms for patient split into groups?: Because patient carries 3 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.
Where do the synonyms for patient come from?: From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of patient

Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for patient come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.

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Synonyms and antonyms

patient

patient/ˈpeɪʃənt/

nounadjectiveCore

2
Distinct synonyms: 1
Antonym: 3 of 3
Senses with a relation

Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.

patient as a noun

2 of 2 senses carry a relation

1.
a person who requires medical care
“the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly”
SynonymsNo synonym recorded for this sense.
Related
Broadercase sick person
Narroweralexic analysand arthritic hypertensive hypochondriac hypotensive index case inpatient outpatient vaccinee
2.
the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Synonymsaffected role patient role
Related
Broadersemantic role

patient as an adjective

1 of 1 sense carry a relation

1.
enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
“a patient smile”
SynonymsNo synonym recorded for this sense.
Antonymsimpatient

Questions about patient

What is another word for patient?: Across its 3 senses, patient has 2 distinct synonyms: affected role, patient role. Each belongs to a specific meaning, listed on this page under the sense it serves.
What is the opposite of patient?: The recorded antonym is impatient. Opposites are sense-specific too: this page shows which meaning each one is the opposite of, because a word rarely has a single opposite that holds for all of its senses.
Why are the synonyms for patient split into groups?: Because patient carries 3 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.
Where do the synonyms for patient come from?: From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of patient

Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for patient come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.

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