patiencenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈpeɪ.ʃəns/us/ˈpeɪ.ʃəns/patience noun [ U ] (QUALITY)
B2 the ability to wait, or to continue doing something despite difficulties, or to suffer without complaining or becoming annoyed:
You have to have such a lot of patience when you're dealing with kids.
In the end I lost my patience and shouted at her.
He's a good teacher, but he doesn't have much patience with the slower pupils.
Making small-scale models takes/requires a great deal of patience.
Their youngest son was beginning to try my patience (= annoy me).
Patience - they'll be here soon!
Opposite
impatience
More examples
- I'm sorry but my patience is wearing thin.
- My patience is beginning to run out.
- He has the patience of a saint with those kids.
- I'm afraid he's exhausted my patience.
- He kept on crying and I lost my patience.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Patient and uncomplaining
- dove
- equable
- equanimity
- even-tempered
- forbearing
- have the patience of a saint idiom
- long-suffering
- pacific
- patient
- peace-loving
- peaceable
- stoic
- stoicism
- the patience of Job idiom
- uncomplaining
patience noun [ U ] (CARD GAME)
UK US solitaire a game played with cards by one person
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Card games
- bridge
- canasta
- card sharp
- deal
- dealer
- diamond
- discard
- flush
- grand slam
- jack
- joker
- pass
- pool
- rummy
- shuffle
- singleton
- snap
- strip poker
- suit
- trump
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Idiom(s)
have the patience of a saint
the patience of Job