Spell Bee Word: Patient

What does patient mean?

Word: Patient

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Patient means able to wait calmly without getting angry. As a noun, a patient is a person who is being treated by a doctor.

Synonyms: calm, tolerant

How do you spell patient?

Syllables: pa - tient

Tricky part: The sh sound in the middle is spelt ti, so children write pashent by mistake.

Watch out for: pashent, pacient

Memory tip: A doctor ticks each patient's name on the list: tick starts with the t and i that spell the sh sound.

Patient in a sentence

Example 1: Be patient; the bus will come soon.

Example 2: The doctor checked each patient carefully.

Example 3: Nani is very patient when she teaches me to knit.

Fun Fact

Patient comes from the Latin pati, to suffer, so a hospital patient was first described as one who suffers.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The nurse told the patiant to rest for two days.

a) days
b) patiant
c) rest
d) nurse

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

patient

a) restless
b) gentle
c) polite
d) careful

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) hospitle
b) clinik
c) patient
d) medicin

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word: patient

a) lie
b) ily
c) ley
d) ly

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A patient person ____.

a) pushes ahead in a queue
b) waits calmly for a turn
c) shouts when kept waiting
d) gives up after one try

2. Before seeing the doctor, a patient usually sits in the ____.

a) storeroom
b) dining room
c) staff room
d) waiting room