Thesaurus / longsuffering
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synonyms for longsuffering
- deferential
- docile
- gentle
- passive
- serene
- subdued
- submissive
- timid
- unassuming
- Milquetoast
- acquiescent
- forbearing
- humble
- lenient
- long-suffering
- longanimous
- lowly
- manageable
- mild
- modest
- nothing
- orderly
- pabulum
- patient
- peaceful
- plain
- resigned
- soft
- spineless
- spiritless
- tame
- tolerant
- unpretentious
- unresisting
- weak
- weak-kneed
- wishy-washy
- yielding
- zero
- apathetic
- indifferent
- laid-back
- nonviolent
- quiet
- static
- unflappable
- uninvolved
- bearing
- cool
- flat
- idle
- long-suffering
- patient
- yielding
- acquiescent
- asleep
- compliant
- docile
- enduring
- forbearing
- going through motions
- hands off
- inert
- latent
- moony
- motionless
- nonresistant
- phlegmatic
- poker-faced
- quiescent
- receptive
- resigned
- sleepy
- stolid
- submissive
- tractable
- unassertive
- unresisting
- walking through it
- calm
- forgiving
- gentle
- quiet
- tolerant
- long-suffering
- understanding
- accommodating
- composed
- easygoing
- enduring
- even-tempered
- forbearing
- imperturbable
- indulgent
- lenient
- meek
- mild
- mild-tempered
- persevering
- persistent
- philosophic
- philosophical
- resigned
- self-possessed
- serene
- stoical
- submissive
- tranquil
- uncomplaining
- unruffled
- untiring
- satisfied
- accommodated
- adapted
- adjusted
- calm
- gentle
- quiet
- ready
- reconciled
- renouncing
- subdued
- tame
- willing
- yielding
- acquiescent
- agreeable
- amenable
- biddable
- compliant
- cordial
- deferential
- docile
- genial
- long-suffering
- manageable
- nonresisting
- obedient
- patient
- peaceable
- philosophical
- pliant
- quiescent
- stoical
- submissive
- subservient
- tolerant
- tractable
- unassertive
- unprotesting
- unresisting
- well-disposed
- aloof
- apathetic
- cool
- cool as cucumber
- detached
- dispassionate
- dry
- enduring
- impassive
- imperturbable
- indifferent
- indomitable
- long-suffering
- matter-of-fact
- patient
- phlegmatic
- resigned
- rolling with punches
- self-controlled
- sober
- stolid
- unconcerned
- unemotional
- unflappable
- unmoved
- forgiving
- humane
- lenient
- liberal
- permissive
- progressive
- receptive
- sympathetic
- advanced
- benevolent
- big
- broad
- broad-minded
- catholic
- charitable
- clement
- complaisant
- condoning
- easy on
- easy with
- excusing
- fair
- forbearing
- free and easy
- indulgent
- kindhearted
- lax
- long-suffering
- magnanimous
- merciful
- patient
- radical
- soft
- sophisticated
- understanding
- unprejudiced
- wide
- aloof
- apathetic
- detached
- impassive
- indomitable
- long-suffering
- matter-of-fact
- sober
- unemotional
- unflappable
- calm
- cool
- dry
- patient
- dispassionate
- enduring
- imperturbable
- indifferent
- phlegmatic
- resigned
- self-controlled
- stoical
- stolid
- unconcerned
- unmoved
- forgiving
- gentle
- moderate
- being big
- charitable
- clement
- considerate
- easy
- going easy on
- going easy with
- humane
- humanitarian
- indulgent
- lenient
- living with
- longanimous
- long-suffering
- merciful
- mild
- patient
- soft-shell
- thoughtful
- composure
- diligence
- endurance
- fortitude
- grit
- humility
- moderation
- perseverance
- persistence
- poise
- restraint
- self-control
- tolerance
- backbone
- bearing
- calmness
- constancy
- cool
- equanimity
- forbearance
- guts
- gutsiness
- heart
- imperturbability
- legs
- leniency
- longanimity
- long-suffering
- moxie
- nonresistance
- passiveness
- passivity
- resignation
- serenity
- starch
- stoicism
- submission
- sufferance
- toleration
- yielding
- even temper
- intestinal fortitude
- staying power
antonyms for longsuffering
MOST RELEVANT
- conservative
- intolerant
- mean
- merciless
- unfriendly
- unsympathetic
- biased
- disapproving
- narrow-minded
- prejudiced
- agitation
- arousal
- cowardice
- idleness
- indifference
- indolence
- laziness
- lethargy
- weakness
- wildness
- fear
- resistance
- frustration
- impatience
- intolerance
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use longsuffering in a sentence
There can be no peace without longsuffering, and therefore Paul lists this virtue next.
COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANSMARTIN LUTHERTo withstand his continued assaults we must be longsuffering and patiently wait for the devil to get tired of his game.
COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANSMARTIN LUTHERMeekness and longsuffering must stand on a basis of humility.
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: COLOSSIANS AND PHILEMONALEXANDER MACLARENHow delightful to talk about oneself; but as you 'tempted me and I did eat,' I entreat your longsuffering of my sin, and ah!
THE LETTERS OF ROBERT BROWNING AND ELIZABETH BARRETT BARRETT, VOL. 1 (OF 2) 1845-1846ROBERT BROWNING AND ELIZABETH BARRETT BARRETTPatience bears evil and injustice; but longsuffering delays punishment.
EPISTLE SERMONS, VOL. IIMARTIN LUTHERThe longsuffering Christian, however, is opposed to revenge, desiring the sinner to amend his ways.
EPISTLE SERMONS, VOL. IIMARTIN LUTHERAs we bow the neck at the Cross, His self-forgetful love for the others, His longsuffering and forbearance flow into our hearts.
THE CALVARY ROADROY HESSIONMercy and longsuffering are qualities that we share with God Himself, in which God was, and is, "manifest in the flesh."
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANSG. G. FINDLAYAnd shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them?
HIS LIFEWILLIAM E. BARTON, THEODORE G. SOARES, SYDNEY STRONGPatience and longsuffering without joy are apt to be cold, chilly, unattractive.
THE PRAYERS OF ST. PAULW. H. GRIFFITH THOMAS