tolerant

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tolerant

/ˈtɒləɹənt/ UK
/ˈtɑːləɹənt/ US

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

adjective more tolerant · 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.
Similar: forbearing, lenient, open-minded, avuncular, broad-minded, catholic, indulgent, latitudinarian, laissez faire, liberal, open-handed, permissible · Opposite: close-minded, intolerant, strict, antiliberal, biased, bigoted, closed-minded, illiberal, jaundiced, narrow-minded, prejudiced, sectarian
Tending to withstand or survive. These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.
Similar: resistant, sufferable · Opposite: intolerant, vulnerable

noun tolerants

One who or that which tolerates something, especially a biological species.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: forgiving, broad-minded, patient, broad, easygoing, kind, liberal, unbigoted, patient of, tolerate, tolerability, tolerated, tolerable, accepting, accommodating, condone

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adj tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something

Español	tolerante
中文	寬容 /宽容 kuānróng
Português	tolerante
Français	tolérant
Deutsch	tolerant
Ελληνικά	ανεκτικός anektikós
Русский	терпи́мый terpímyj, толера́нтный tolerántnyj

adj tending to withstand or survive

中文	能耐 néngnài

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@misc{tolerant_2026,
  title = {tolerant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tolerant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}