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Patient

Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.

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Diligent 84% connected

Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent.

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Diligent 84% connected

Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent.

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Enduring 84% connected

of Endure

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Enduring 84% connected

of Endure

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Forbearing 84% connected

of Forbear

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Forbearing 84% connected

of Forbear

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Long-suffering 84% connected

Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily provoked.

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Long-suffering 84% connected

Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily provoked.

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Persevering 84% connected

of Persevere

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Persevering 84% connected

of Persevere

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Tolerant 84% connected

Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.

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Tolerant 84% connected

Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.

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Narrower term 3

Arthritic 76% connected

Alt. of Arthritical

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Hypochondriac 76% connected

Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions.

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Inmate 76% connected

One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger; esp.,one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison; by extension…

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Broader term 2

Case 76% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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Sufferer 76% connected

One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are suffer…

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Longanimity 74% connected

Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.

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Longanimity 74% connected

Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.

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Tolerant 66% connected

Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.

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Tolerant 66% connected

Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.

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Antonym 2

Impatient 94% connected

Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for somet…

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Impatient 94% connected

Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for somet…

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