Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overpatient

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-pa-tient
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively patient.

Etymology

From over- + patient.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more overpatient (comparative) most overpatient (superlative)

Phrases

patience of an angel patience of a saint

Frequently Paired Words

lax lenient patience of an angel patience of a saint permissive

Synonyms

hyperpatient

Antonyms

impatient

Questions

What does overpatient mean?
Excessively patient.
Where does overpatient come from?
From over- + patient.

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