patient
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who requires medical care
the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly
Types & categories
- case hypernym
- sufferer hypernym
- alexic hyponym
- analysand hyponym
- arthritic hyponym
- hypertensive hyponym
- hypochondriac hyponym
- hypotensive hyponym
- index case hyponym
- inpatient hyponym
- outpatient hyponym
- vaccinee hyponym
Parts & wholes
- doctor-patient relation member holonym
- nurse-patient relation member holonym
Sense 2 adjective
enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
a patient smile
Related & opposite
- uncomplaining also see
- tolerant also see
- impatient antonym
- patience derivation
- diligent similar to
- long-suffering similar to
- forbearing similar to
- patient of similar to
- unhurried similar to
Sense 3 noun
the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Types & categories
- semantic role hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | doctor-patient relation |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | nurse-patient relation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | case |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sufferer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alexic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | analysand |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arthritic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypertensive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypochondriac |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypotensive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | index case |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inpatient |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | outpatient |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vaccinee |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | uncomplaining |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | tolerant |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | impatient |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | patience |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | diligent |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | long-suffering |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | forbearing |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | patient of |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unhurried |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | semantic role |