🧘patience

noun
/ˈpeɪ.ʃəns/

Meaning

the ability to wait calmly without getting angry or upset
the ability to wait calmly without becoming annoyed; tolerance and understanding
The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious

Example Sentences

Good teachers need a lot of patience.

Teaching young children requires a lot of patience.

Patience is essential when chasing big goals.

Example Expressions

lose patience

Synonyms

tolerance, endurance, calmness, perseverance, forbearance
Entry 1
tolerance, endurance, calmness, perseverance, forbearance
Entry 2
tolerance, endurance, perseverance, calmness
Entry 3
tolerance, endurance, perseverance, forbearance

Antonyms

impatience, irritation, frustration, intolerance, irritability, restlessness, agitation
Entry 1
impatience, irritation, frustration
Entry 2
impatience, intolerance, irritability, restlessness
Entry 3
impatience, agitation, restlessness

Collocations

show patience, have patience, lose patience, test patience
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show patience, have patience, lose patience, test patience
Entry 2
have patience, lose patience, test patience

More Example Sentences

He has enough patience to teach beginners.

She has enough patience to teach beginners.

He was on the verge of losing his patience.

Patience is essential to dealing with stress.

We gradually learned how not to lose patience.

They managed to listen with patience better than before.

A man takes a cooking class while traveling in Italy during his two-week vacation and learns to make fresh pasta from scratch with a local chef who speaks only a little English so they communicate using hand gestures and laughter and the man discovers how simple ingredients create amazing flavors when prepared with patience and traditional techniques

A man takes a cooking class while traveling in Italy during his two-week vacation and learns to make fresh pasta from scratch with a local chef who speaks only a little English so they communicate using hand gestures and laughter and the man discovers how simple ingredients create amazing flavors when prepared with patience and traditional techniques then brings the recipes home to cook for his family

A boy saves his allowance to buy a bicycle that he has been wanting for months after seeing it in the shop window on his way to school and he puts a little money into a jar every week without spending any on snacks or toys and his parents are impressed by his discipline so they offer to pay the remaining amount as a reward and he rides his new bicycle home from the store with a huge grin feeling proud that he earned it through patience and hard work.

A man takes a cooking class while traveling in Italy during his two-week vacation and learns to make fresh pasta from scratch with a local chef who speaks only a little English so they communicate using hand gestures and laughter and the man discovers how simple ingredients create amazing flavors when prepared with patience and traditional techniques then brings the recipes home to cook for his family and the experience becomes his favorite memory of the entire trip.

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difficulty or problems that cause distress or inconvenience

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