Meaning
- (noun) A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
- (noun) (grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action. “The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient.”
- (noun) One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
Letter breakdown
- Patients contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 10.
Opposites
Words from these letters
- panties
- patents
- patient
- patties
- sapient
- aptest
- instep
- paints
- pantie
- pastie
- patent
- patine
- spinet
- taints
- titans
- anise
- antes
- antis
- aspen
- inapt
- inept
- inset
- napes
- nites
- pains
- paint
- panes
- pants
- paste
- pates
- penis
- pines
- pints
- saint
- satin
- sepia
- septa
- snipe
- spate
- spent
- spine
- spite
- stain
- state
- stein
- stent
- stint
- taint
- tapes
- taste
- teats
- tents
- tines
- tints
- titan
- ante
- anti
- ants
- apes
Connected words
Other 8-letter words
- aardvark
- abacuses
- abalones
- abandons
- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
Words starting with PAT
- pat
- patch
- patched
- patches
- patchier
- patchiest
- patchiness
- patching
- patchwork
- patchworks
- patchy
- pate
- patella
- patellae
- patellas
- patent
- patented
- patenting
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Words ending with NTS
Reader questions
What does Patients mean?
A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
How many letters are in Patients?
Patients has 8 letters.
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