Meanings
comparative more tolerant · superlative most tolerant
- Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.First known use 1784
He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.
Synonyms: forbearing, lenient, open-minded, avuncular, broad-minded, catholic, forbearing, indulgent · Antonyms: close-minded, intolerant, strict, antiliberal, biased, bigoted, close-minded, closed-minded
- Tending to withstand or survive.
These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.
Synonyms: resistant, sufferable · Antonyms: intolerant, vulnerable
plural tolerants
- One who or that which tolerates something, especially a biological species.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveTending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveshowing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others
adjectiveshowing or characterized by broad-mindedness
adjectiveshowing the capacity for endurance
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Catalan tolerant
- toleranttending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Chinese Mandarin 寬容 /宽容, 能耐
- 寬容 /宽容 (kuānróng)tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
- 能耐 (néngnài)tending to withstand or survive
Czech tolerantní, snášenlivý
- tolerantnítending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
- snášenlivýtending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Danish tolerant
- toleranttending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Dutch verdraagzaam, tolerant
- verdraagzaamtending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
- toleranttending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
- bestendigtending to withstand or survive
Esperanto tolerema
- tolerematending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Finnish suvaitsevainen, avarakatseinen
- suvaitsevainentending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
- avarakatseinentending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
- be tolerant oftending to withstand or survive
- sietäätending to withstand or survive
French tolérant
- toléranttending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
German tolerant
- toleranttending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Greek ανεκτικός
- ανεκτικός (anektikós)tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Hungarian toleráns
- toleránstending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Irish fulangach, fulangach
- fulangachtending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
- fulangachtending to withstand or survive
Latin tolerans
- toleranstending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Māori manawanui, manawarahi
- manawanuitending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
- manawarahitending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
- ngāwaritending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Norwegian Bokmål tolerant
- toleranttending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Persian تاونده
- تاونده (tāvande)tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Polish tolerancyjny
- tolerancyjnytending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Portuguese tolerante
- tolerantetending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Russian терпи́мый, толера́нтный
- терпи́мый (terpímyj)tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
- толера́нтный (tolerántnyj)tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Slovak tolerantný
- tolerantnýtending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Spanish tolerante
- tolerantetending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Swedish tolerant
- toleranttending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
Ukrainian толера́нтний
- толера́нтний (tolerántnyj)tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
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Cite this entry
tolerant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tolerant
“tolerant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tolerant. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tolerant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tolerant.
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