tolerant
/ˈtɒləɹənt/US/ˈtɑːləɹənt/
tolerant adjective: tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
Adjective
tolerant (comparative more tolerant, superlative most tolerant)
- Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
- He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.
- Synonyms:
- forbearing, lenient, open-minded, avuncular, broad-minded, catholic, indulgent, latitudinarian, laissez faire, liberal
- Antonyms:
- close-minded, intolerant, strict, antiliberal, biased, bigoted, closed-minded, illiberal, jaundiced, narrow-minded
- Tending to withstand or survive.
- These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.
- Synonyms:
- resistant, sufferable
- Antonyms:
- intolerant, vulnerable
Noun
tolerant (plural tolerants)
- One who or that which tolerates something, especially a biological species.
tolerant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
tolerant in Hindi
- सहिष्णु, सहनशील
tolerant in Tamil
- சகிப்புத் தன்மையாளர், பொருத்துக்கொள்கிற
tolerant in Marathi
- सहनशील, सहिष्णु
tolerant in Urdu
- متحمل
More languagesFewer languages
- tolerant in Bengali
- সহ্যকরসহনশীল, সহিষ্ণু, প্রশ্রয়দায়ক
- tolerant in Malayalam
- സഹിഷ്ണുതയുള്ള, ക്ഷമയുള്ള
- tolerant in Kannada
- ಸಹಿಷ್ಣು
- tolerant in Punjabi
- ਸਹਿਣਸ਼ੀਲ
- tolerant in Gujarati
- સહિષ્ણુ, સહનશીલ
- tolerant in Odia
- ସହନଶୀଳ, ସହିଷ୍ଣୁ
- tolerant in Nepali
- सहिष्णु, सहनशील
- tolerant in Persian
- تاونده tāvande
Examples of tolerant in a sentence
- You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference.
- Vermont is a tolerant, wealthy, almost Trudeauesque corner of the US.
- There was something underneath her snappish belligerence that made him feel protective and tolerant.
Synonyms of tolerant
- forbearing
- lenient
- open-minded
- avuncular
- broad-minded
- catholic
- indulgent
- latitudinarian
- laissez faire
- liberal
6 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
- close-minded
- intolerant
- strict
- antiliberal
- biased
- bigoted
- closed-minded
- illiberal
- jaundiced
- narrow-minded
8 more antonymsFewer antonyms
Forms of tolerant
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more tolerant |
| superlative | most tolerant |
| Noun | |
| plural | tolerants |
Origin of tolerant
Either borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (“to endure”).
Words formed from tolerant
Questions about tolerant
- What does tolerant mean?
- Tolerant means tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
- What is tolerant in Hindi?
- Tolerant in Hindi is सहिष्णु, सहनशील. See Tolerant meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tolerant?
- Tolerant can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce tolerant?
- Tolerant is pronounced /ˈtɒləɹənt/ (UK).
Words near tolerant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tolerant (page history and authors); tolerant (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tolerant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tolerant (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tolerant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tolerant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tolerant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tolerant (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tolerant (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tolerant (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tolerant (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tolerant (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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