patience

Definition for patience

noun as in capacity, willingness to endure

Strongest matches

composure, diligence, endurance, fortitude, grit, humility, moderation, perseverance, persistence, poise, restraint, self-control, tolerance

Strong matches

backbone, bearing, calmness, constancy, cool, equanimity, forbearance, guts, gutsiness, heart, imperturbability, legs, leniency, long-suffering, longanimity, moxie, nonresistance, passiveness, passivity, resignation, serenity, starch, stoicism, submission, sufferance, toleration, yielding

Weak matches

even temper, intestinal fortitude, staying power

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Example Sentences

And with a projected opening weekend domestic box office haul of $120 million, that adds up to quite a bit of patience.

From Los Angeles Times

Jackson, they wrote, was “ignorant, inexperienced” and a “man of no labor, no patience . . . wholly unqualified by education, habit and temper for the station of the president.”

From Salon

"Understanding this may help adults approach situations with empathy and patience."

From Science Daily

We both lack patience, me more than her.

From Los Angeles Times

Gatland steered Wales to the quarter-finals of last year's World Cup and has appealed for patience as he builds a new team.

From BBC

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