patient 1 of 2

as in case
an individual awaiting or under medical care and treatment the nurse asked the patient to change into a paper gown

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

patient

2 of 2

adjective

1
2

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of patient
Noun
Medical professionals have always known that masks help prevent the spread of infection, Adalja said, noting that wearing masks in hospitals to take care of flu and tuberculosis patients isn’t controversial. Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025 The study found that after a month, 22.5 percent of patients taking the treatment showed improvements on the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale, compared with 7.6 percent of patients taking the placebo. Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
And the audience was very patient and very in the spirit of it, hopefully. Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025 In particular, be patient with partners, spouses and family members. Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for patient 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patient
Noun
  • In those cases, the project reports the most conservative tolls of missing people.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Settling in Mexico is not an option, Camacho insisted, though the Trump administration plans to ship asylum seekers arriving at the border back to Mexico to await U.S. adjudication of their cases.
    Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • As his attorney wrapped up a marathon closing argument Monday, former House Speaker Michael Madigan sat stoic at the defense table, gazing at the jury with his usual legal pad and pencil at the ready.
    Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Oscar, older and more outwardly stoic, has no guarantees.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Interest rates and the overall investment climate The persistent elevation of interest rates has reshaped the investment landscape, forcing companies to rethink growth strategies over the past years.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The persistent decline in China’s 10-year government bond yield — to record lows around 1.58% this month— prompted the People’s Bank of China on Jan. 10 to stop its government bond purchases .
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Neither the driver nor the victims have been publicly identified by authorities.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Olivia Godfrey, the couple's daughter, provided a victim impact statement and said her father's drug use impacted his mental health, according to ABC.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • His oxygen tank sat at his knees like an obedient mastiff.
    Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.
    Bebe Hodges, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The space between each joke section becomes a palpable downshift into Wood’s more serious mode, with each of them insistent on returning to the same thought.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
  • An insistent focus on pointing out misinformation may even inflate the scale of the problem—to the benefit of what the writer Joseph Bernstein has labelled Big Disinfo, and to the detriment of a publication’s appeal to uncommitted readers.
    Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • These deductions flow directly to you as a limited partner (LP), helping to offset passive income and, under certain conditions, even active income.
    Matthew Chancey, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • That might seem a peculiar question, but these Oilers have a reputation for being passive when the opposition gets filthy.
    Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • For many, the thrill of these stories, especially in the romance genre, is that heroines no longer derive power directly from their relationships with men and in turn they are not seen as subordinate to hero’s goals.
    Rebecca Scofield / Made by History, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
  • To salvage the 155th Mechanized Brigade, a unit that Ukraine, France and Poland spent months and millions of dollars training and equipping, Ukrainian leaders have begun assigning its fresh but inexperienced subordinate units to the weary but experienced brigades in the Pokrovsk sector.
    David Axe, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025

Thesaurus Entries Near patient

Cite this Entry

“Patient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patient. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on patient

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!