PATIENCE Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

patience

noun

ˈpā-shən(t)s

Definition of patience

as in tolerance

the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining the teacher's patience is being sorely tested this year by several parents who seem to have no interest in their children's education

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Recent Examples of patience During that time, Harry Guggenheim managed Wright’s ego, mercurial temperament, and expensive imagination with great patience. — Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026 Building the necessary trust was a process that took a lot of time and patience. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026 Through patience, stealth, and smart use of supplies for crafting, survival is achievable, but this isn’t a bug hunt with the Colonial Marines. — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 11 Oct. 2026 The patience required to piece them together paints Winehouse as an introspective woman as opposed to her party girl that the tabloids portrayed her as. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for patience

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Noun

Monitoring tools can track drift and error rates against the tolerance set at approval.

— Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
In recent weeks, tolerance for the death penalty, as it is carried out in the United States, has been sorely tested twice.

— Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of tolerance

Noun

Yet their willingness to talk, listen, and imagine what had seemed impossible helped lay the groundwork for historic nuclear arms reductions.

— Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
That willingness to take risks extended to campaigning for Jessie and Buzz to kiss amid a perilous action sequence.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

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