tolerant

  • 11tolerant — *forbearing, lenient, indulgent, clement, merciful Analogous words: *charitable, benevolent, humane: forgiving, ex cusing, condoning (see EXCUSE vb) Antonyms: intolerant: severe …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 12tolerant — [adj] open minded, easygoing advanced, benevolent, big, broad, broad minded, catholic, charitable, clement, complaisant, condoning, easy on, easy with, excusing, fair, forbearing, forgiving, free and easy*, humane, indulgent, kindhearted*, lax,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 13tolerant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) showing tolerance. 2) able to endure specified conditions or treatment. DERIVATIVES tolerantly adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 14tolerant — [täl′ər ənt] adj. [L tolerans, prp.: see TOLERATE] 1. having or showing tolerance of others beliefs, practices, etc. 2. Med. of or having tolerance tolerantly adv …

    English World dictionary

  • 15tolerant — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become, grow ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 16tolerant — tol|e|rant [ˈtɔlərənt US ˈta: ] adj 1.) allowing people to do, say, or believe what they want without criticizing or punishing them ≠ ↑intolerant →↑tolerate tolerant of/towards ▪ Luckily, my parents were tolerant of my choice of music. ▪ a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17tolerant — tol|er|ant [ talərənt ] adjective 1. ) willing to accept other people s beliefs, way of life, etc. without criticizing them, even if you disagree with them: a tolerant society tolerant of: Perhaps you need to be more tolerant of your neighbors. 2 …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18tolerant — [[t]tɒ̱lərənt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: oft v link ADJ of n (approval) If you describe someone as tolerant, you approve of the fact that they allow other people to say and do as they like, even if they do not agree with or like it. They need to be… …

    English dictionary

  • 19tolerant — UK [ˈtɒlərənt] / US [ˈtɑlərənt] adjective 1) willing to accept someone else s beliefs, way of life etc without criticizing them, even if you disagree with them a tolerant society tolerant of: Perhaps you need to be more tolerant of your… …

    English dictionary

  • 20tolerant — verständnisvoll; duldend; respektvoll; konnivent; gelinde; nachsichtig; duldsam * * * to|le|rant [tole rant] <Adj.>: 1. großzügig gegenüber Andersdenkenden; andere Meinungen, Verhaltensweisen gelten lassend: er hat eine tolerante Gesinnung; …

    Universal-Lexikon