Synonyms for tolerable
ˈtɒl ər ə bəltol·er·a·ble

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1. tolerableadverb

   Antonyms:
   intolerable

2. tolerableadjective

   Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.

   Antonyms:
   intolerable

3. tolerableadjective

   Antonyms:
   intolerable

4. tolerableadjective

   Antonyms:
   intolerable

5. tolerableadjective

   Antonyms:
   intolerable

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1. tolerable

   Synonyms:
   endurable, bearable, supportable, sufferable, allowable, permissible, sufficient, passable

   Antonyms:
   unendurable, unbearable, insupportable, insufferable, unallowable, impermissible, insufficient, intolerable

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1. tolerableadjective

   capable of being borne or endured

   "the climate is at least tolerable"

   Synonyms:
   fair to middling, passable, adequate

   Antonyms:
   unendurable, intolerable, unsatisfactory, impossible, unsufferable, unacceptable, bitter, insufferable, unbearable, unsupportable

2. adequate, passable, fair to middling, tolerableadjective

   about average; acceptable

   "more than adequate as a secretary"

   Synonyms:
   fair to middling, decent, adequate, passable, enough, equal

   Antonyms:
   unsupportable, unbearable, impossible, insufferable, intolerable, unsufferable, unendurable, bitter, unsatisfactory, unacceptable

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1. tolerableadjective

   Synonyms:
   endurable, sufferable, bearable, supportable

2. tolerableadjective

   Synonyms:
   passable, ordinary, middling, so so, indifferent, pretty good, not very bad

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1. tolerableadjective

   Synonyms:
   sufferable, endurable, passable, mediocre, so-so, ordinary

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1. List of paraphrases for "tolerable":

   bearable, acceptable, intolerable, permissible, admissible, eligible, allowable, supportable

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1. Peter Anderson:

   We would hope as we continue to do this her quality of life will stay good, and it’s something that would set her up for being on a chronic but tolerable medical regimen, it’s a temporary solution, and if there’s new treatments that would benefit her, we’d be the first to share that with her family.

2. Daniel Griffin:

   This is a slightly expanded approach to social distancing that is tolerable and may be what saves us, we need to prevent the virus from erupting with the ferocity that it did in March.

3. Bernie Sanders:

   I favor the public ownership of utilities, banks and major industries. In Vermont we have some $ 2 billion of deposits in our banks, in Vermont, as well as nationally, it is not tolerable to me that the control of capital would remain in the hands of the richest two or three percent of the population to do with it as they like.

4. Doris Lessing:

   The worst superstition is to consider our own tolerable.

5. M. I. Abramowitz:

   Just because the solutions of problems are not visible at any particular time does not mean that those problems will never be alleviated -- or confined to tolerable dimensions. History has a way of changing the very terms in which problems operate and of leaving them, in the end, unsolved, to be sure, yet strangely deflated of their original meaning and importance.