patience

Meanings

Noun

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.

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.

Synonyms

forbearance, longanimity, restraint, solitaire, thild, thole

Antonyms

impatience

Scrabble Score: 12

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

Words With Friends Score: 15

patience is a valid Words With Friends word