English Explanatory Dictionary

tolerant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
  2. Tending to withstand or survive.
noun
  1. One who or that which tolerates something, especially a biological species.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɒləɹənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tolerant.wav /ˈtɑːləɹənt/

Word forms

tolerant more tolerant most tolerant tolerants

Etymology

Either borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (“to endure”).

Synonyms

patient resistant sufferable tolerant forbearing lenient open-minded avuncular broad-minded catholic indulgent latitudinarian laissez faire liberal open-handed permissible permissive

Antonyms

brittle intolerant nonresistant nontolerant unresistant vulnerable weak close-minded strict antiliberal biased bigoted closed-minded illiberal jaundiced narrow-minded prejudiced sectarian

Related words

tolerability tolerable tolerance tolerate toleration

Derived words

tolerantism tolerantist tolerantly
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