Hyphenation of patient

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word patient? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pa-tient

Definitions of patient:

1.	A person who requires medical care The number of emergency patients has grown rapidly
2.	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
3.	Enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance A patient smile Was patient with the children An exact and patient scientist Please be patient

Synonyms of patient:

adj	patient, diligent, persevering, enduring, long-suffering, forbearing, longanimous, tolerant, patient of, unhurried, tolerant, uncomplaining
adj	uncomplaining
noun	case, sick person, diseased person, sufferer
noun	affected role, patient role, semantic role, participant role

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.