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Synonyms for tolerate
ˈtɒl əˌreɪttol·er·ate

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Wiktionary3.2 / 5 votes

  1. tolerateverb

    Synonyms:
    brookEtymology 2, live with, put up with, allow, bear, endure

  2. tolerateverb

    To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.

    Synonyms:
    allow, put up with, live with, brookEtymology 2, endure, bear

English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 2 votes

  1. tolerate

    To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

    Synonyms:
    abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, wait, watch

    Antonyms:
    abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

    Preposition:
    Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. tolerate

    Synonyms:
    suffer, allow, permit, admit, bear, endure

    Antonyms:
    repel, disallow, prohibit, repudiate, reject, resist

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put upverb

    put up with something or somebody unpleasant

    "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

    Synonyms:
    bide, project, ache, hold out, run, endure, affirm, underpin, carry, stand up, assume, have, hold, last, sustain, confirm, fend, stay, weather, take over, go, jut, endorse, jut out, turn out, digest, deport, prevail, comport, set up, behave, die hard, pay, jump out, remain firm, offer, deliver, indorse, hurt, abide, condense, raise, fend for, back up, stomach, birth, patronage, stand out, live, contribute, stick out, meet, brook, expect, patronize, suffer, concentrate, protrude, acquit, substantiate, brave out, survive, domiciliate, get, put forward, stand, can, post, plunk for, persist, live on, have a bun in the oven, give birth, back, jump, allow, rear, lose, place upright, wear, house, contain, leap out, bear, patronise, subscribe, hold up, corroborate, provide, erect, defend, brave, put up, tin, keep going, accept, bear out, support, resist, plump for, nominate, yield, gestate, permit, conduct

  2. tolerateverb

    recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others)

    "We must tolerate the religions of others"

    Synonyms:
    permit, suffer, allow, brook, abide, stomach, endure, stand, support, put up, digest, stick out, bear

  3. tolerateverb

    have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition

    "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

    Synonyms:
    permit, suffer, allow, brook, abide, stomach, endure, stand, support, put up, digest, stick out, bear

  4. allow, permit, tolerateverb

    allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

    "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"

    Synonyms:
    admit, put up, grant, set aside, stand, appropriate, abide, support, let, digest, suffer, brook, bear, give up, stick out, reserve, countenance, permit, provide, endure, leave, allow, stomach, take into account, allow for, earmark

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tolerateverb

    Synonyms:
    permit (as something unpleasant), allow, admit, indulge, receive

  2. tolerateverb

    Synonyms:
    suffer, endure, abide, brook, put up with, bear with, take patiently or easily

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tolerateverb

    Synonyms:
    endure, suffer, brook, allow, permit, admit

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "tolerate":

    condone, tolerance, accept, countenance, allow, tolerated, endure

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How to use tolerate in a sentence?

  1. Chrissy Teigen:

    I still have not been apologized to, i've just noticed her habitual behavior where she will say things and go mute and-or block things, and then not follow through with what she says. Again, that is hypocrisy and I don't tolerate it.

  2. James Stroud:

    A major unexpected result of this study was that all species converged on the same new, lower level of thermal tolerance, while there was great variation in temperature tolerance before the cold event -- some, like the large-bodied brown basilisk, were very intolerant of low temperatures, while others like the Puerto Rican crested anole were more robust -- we observed that all species could now tolerate, on average, the same lowest temperature.

  3. Seth Riley:

    P1 was as big as they get in southern California, about 150 pounds, these dominant males are the ones that breed — they won’t tolerate other adult males in their territory.

  4. United States:

    As this successful prosecution clearly demonstrates, we simply will not tolerate acts of violence and hate calculated to deprive people of their civil rights.

  5. Blue Bell:

    The safety of our ice cream is our highest priority, and we work hard to maintain the highest level of confidence of our customers. Food tampering is not a joke, and we will not tolerate tampering with our products.


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