Synonyms & related words for patients

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of patients. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to patients

Explore words related to patients — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include outpatients, hospitals, doctors, physicians, inpatient, nurses, policlinic, clinician. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does patients come from?

The word patients breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root pati-, from Latin patior (“suffer, endure”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.