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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
Example Sentences
"Patience. I would say the most important thing is patience," Chase said as his West Indies team went through their final practice.
Contrary to the image of reckless traders chasing meme stocks, many young Americans are responding to this year’s market volatility with the patience and steadiness of investors decades their senior.
"Thank you for your patience and I'm looking forward to seeing all you real humans at the show."
But this week, Riley made a clear plea for the young passer’s patience when asked about the challenge of convincing a top prospect to stick around in a reserve role.
"It's all about the patience of the staff here, because it's all about repetition followed by more repetition until those behaviours embed themselves in those young children," he said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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