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overpatient

overpatient adjective: excessively patient.

Adjective

overpatient (not generally comparable, comparative more overpatient, superlative most overpatient)

  1. (not comparable, usually) Excessively patient.
    Synonyms:
    hyperpatient
    Antonyms:
    impatient

Synonyms of overpatient

Antonyms

Forms of overpatient

comparativemore overpatient
superlativemost overpatient

Origin of overpatient

From over- + patient.

Questions about overpatient

What does overpatient mean?
Overpatient means excessively patient.
What part of speech is overpatient?
Overpatient is an adjective.

Words near overpatient in the dictionary

  1. overpathologization
  2. overpathologize
  3. overpathologized
  4. overpathologizes
  5. overpathologizing
  6. overpatient
  7. overpatriotic
  8. overpatriotism
  9. overpay
  10. overpayer
  11. overpayers

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