Synonyms

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-adj. 2. uncomplaining, long-suffering, enduring, unmurmuring, stoical; resigned, passive, accepting, unresistant; amenable, compliant, complying, cooperative, accommodating, agreeable; forbearing, forgiving, tolerant, clement; willing, disposed, assenting; acquiescent, capitulating, submissive, yielding, lamblike.
3. calm, quiet, reposeful, serene, unruffled, unexcited, unexcitable, imperturbable, unflappable; philosophical, tranquil, placid, peaceful, pacific; poised, balanced, steady; self-controlled, self-possessed, composed, collected, contained, Inf together; nonchalant, at ease, dispassionate, Inf. cool; even-tempered, easygoing, relaxed, easy to get along with.
4. assiduous, sedulous, persistent, pertinacious; hardy, indefatigable, indomitable; persevering, plodding, tenacious, unremitting, Inf. stick-to-it-ive; resolute, resolved, inexorable, uncompromising; plucky, Inf. spunky, SI. gutsy; unflinching, staunch, steadfast, un-shakeable; unswerving, undeviating, unfaltering, firm, fixed; unwearied, untiring, unflagging.

patio, n. terrace, brick or flagstone terrace, porch, piazza; yard, compound, court, courtyard, quadrangle, Inf. quad; Archit. peristyle, Archit. cloister,

patois, n. 1. regional or provincial speech, vernacular, vulgar tongue, peasant dialect, native or mother tongue; idiom, parlance, dialect, Inf. lingo, colloquial speech.
2. trade language, lingua franca, peddler's French, St. Giles Greek, pidgin, pidgin English.
3. jargon, cant, argot; educationese, computerese, academese, legalese, journalese, medicalese, newspaperese; shoptalk, newspeak, officialese, bureaucratese, Washingtonese; gobbledygook, patter, mumbo jumbo, gibberish, gibber; nonsense, humbug, flummery, SI. bunk, rubbish, tommyrot, Inf. rot, SI. garbage, SI. horsefeathers; balderdash, hogwash, stuff and nonsense, Inf. bosh.

patriarch, n. 1. antediluvian patriarch, early Biblical leader, leader of the early Israelites; Gk. Orthodox and Eastern Churches, ecumenical patriarch or archbishop; Rom. Cath. Ch. Pope or Pontiff; Mormon Ch. highest dignitary or Evangelist; hierarch, prelate, reverence, eminence, high or chief priest.
2. elder, senior, old man, wise man, dean, statesman, councilman, master, advisor, generarch; chief leader, pillar, pillar of the community, Inf. plankowner; veteran, retired statesman, graybeard, emeritus, grand old man; teacher, mentor, prototype; senior citizen, sexagenarian, septuagenarian, octogenarian, non-agenerian, centenarian.
3. progenitor, primogenitor, Archaic, predecessor, precursor; founder, source, forerunner; ancestor, forefather, forebear; paterfamilias, Archaic, sire, procreator, begetter, originator, generator, initiator; prime mover, architect, framer, designer.

patrician, n. 1. aristocrat, nobleman, noble, silk-stocking, Inf blue blood, gentleman; peer, lord, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; grandee, magnifico, don, hidalgo, Fr. Hist, chevalier.
-adj. 2. aristocratic, blue-blooded, silk-stocking, noble, gentle, genteel, wellborn, highborn; royal, princely, kingly, titled.
3. elegant, stately, grand, majestic, queenly; graceful, Scot. genty, thoroughbred, fine, delicate, exquisite; well-bred, polite, civil, mannerly, well-mannered, courteous; decorous, formal, proper, Fr. comme il faut, fitting, becoming, seemly; gracious, ladylike, lady-ish, courtly, gentlemanly, gentlemanlike; debonair, charming, chivalrous, chivalric, gallant, cavalier; honorable, upright, virtuous, estimable, admirable, worthy, respectable.