Definition of PATIENCE

patience

Plural: patiences

Noun

  • The ability to endure difficult circumstances without complaint.
  • good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
  • a card game played by one person
  • The quality of being patient.
  • Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called solitaire in the US and Canada.

Examples

  • I appreciate the patience with which you've explained it.
  • Musical perfection requires practice and a lot of patience.
  • Playing Scrabble requires immense patience, especially when waiting for a ’Q’ with a ’U’.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English pacience, from Old French pacience (modern French patience), from Latin patientia (“suffering; endurance, patience”), from patiens, present active participle of patior (“suffer, experience, wait”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”). Displaced native Old English ġeþyld.

Antonyms

impatience

Scrabble Score: 12

patience: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
patience: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
patience: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

patience: valid Words With Friends Word