Do you sometimes have doubts about how to write a word? It is normal, sometimes it happens that we have become accustomed to pronouncing a word colloquially, and then we doubt about which letter we should use. It is a very common mistake in words with the use of “s”, “c” and “z”.
Writing correctly orthographically is really important to establish effective communication. It is also a way for the intercom to know what our cultural level is and to know what our writing abilities are.
To avoid making spelling mistakes, it is important that you consult the dictionary when in doubt, in this way you will write your text correctly.
On this occasion we are going to clarify your doubts about how to spell patience or patience, in addition to giving you examples and other information of interest.
Patience
If we look for the word patience with “s” in the dictionary, we clearly see that we cannot find it, therefore, the use of the word patience written in this way is totally incorrect and you would be making a misspelling by including it like this in your text. In addition, when you search for it, you will notice how the search suggestion for the word patience appears.
Patience
As we have seen, the word patience written with the spelling “c” is the correctly written word and the one we find in the dictionary. If we look for its meaning in the dictionary, the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language defines the word patience as follows:
- Tolerance or consent in diminishing honor.
- Ability to suffer or endure something without getting angry.
- Ability to do heavy or detailed things.
- Slow to do something.
- Faculty of knowing how to wait when something is desired with great anxiety.
- Small round bun made with flour, almonds, egg and sugar.
- Lower protrusion of the seat of a choir chair to which you can lift what serves as support for whoever is standing.
It is a noun with several meanings as we have seen and some are not related to each other.
Here are some examples of the use of the word patience:
I have gone to the pastry shop for a patience for breakfast.
To do that job you have to have a lot of patience.
I have no patience, so don’t make me wait.
Synonyms
Taking into account 3 senses that the word patience has in the thesaurus, we find several synonyms for it. Remember that two words are synonymous if they can be substituted for each other in a text while maintaining the same meaning and therefore the same message.
Below we show you the list of synonyms and pseudo-synonyms for the word patience:
- In the sense of mettle, the synonyms are: resignation, integrity, endurance, stoicism, mettle.
- In the sense of tolerance, the synonyms are: conformity, consent, tolerance.
- In the sense of slowness, the synonyms are: delay, phlegm, tranquility, calm, serenity, slowness, calm.
Antonyms
On the other hand, we also find antonyms, that is, words whose meanings mean the opposite. Well, the word patience also has some antonyms and pseudo antonyms that we can use to refer to the opposite of having “calm” in the same message.
The antonyms and pseudo antonyms of patience are:
Speed, anguish, anxiety, consumption, outburst, craving, indignation, alacrity, haste, tension, anger, nervousness, haste, restlessness, restlessness, indignation, intransigence, impatience, fever, tingling, exasperation, excitement, anger, restlessness, despair, itch.
I’m sure that after this little review you now know how to spell patience or paciencia correctly, so you’ll be able to write your sentences without misspellings because of this word. Remember that it will be written with “c” and never with “s”.