Antonyms for tolerant
ˈtɒl ər ənttol·er·ant

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1. tolerant

   Antonyms:
   intolerant, bigoted, extreme

   Synonyms:
   forbearing, indulgent, large-minded

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1. tolerantadjective

   showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others

   Antonyms:
   bigoted, unbearable, impatient, narrow, intolerant, strict, unendurable, rigid, narrow-minded, intolerable, unforgiving

   Synonyms:
   liberal, large-minded, patient of, broad, resistant, kind

2. kind, tolerantadjective

   tolerant and forgiving under provocation

   "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke"

   Antonyms:
   unendurable, unbearable, narrow, impatient, bigoted, intolerable, narrow-minded, rigid, intolerant, strict, unforgiving

   Synonyms:
   large-minded, resistant, broad, kind, patient of, liberal, genial

3. broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerantadjective

   showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

   "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"

   Antonyms:
   unbearable, intolerant, narrow-minded, unendurable, unforgiving, strict, intolerable, rigid, narrow, bigoted, impatient

   Synonyms:
   broad, bounteous, big, freehanded, full(a), panoptic, all-encompassing, extensive, all-inclusive, loose, unspecific, spacious, broad(a), patient of, encompassing, blanket(a), kind, free, all-embracing, across-the-board, resistant, liberal, giving, bighearted, large-minded, wide, openhanded, handsome, bountiful, unsubtle

4. tolerant, resistantadjective

   able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress

   "the plant is tolerant of saltwater"; "these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided"; "the new hybrid is more resistant to drought"

   Antonyms:
   bigoted, intolerable, unforgiving, narrow-minded, rigid, intolerant, unbearable, impatient, strict, unendurable, narrow

   Synonyms:
   resistive, large-minded, resistant, immune, insubordinate, broad, kind, patient of, liberal, repellent

5. tolerant, patient ofadjective

   showing the capacity for endurance

   "injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving"; "a man patient of distractions"

   Antonyms:
   narrow-minded, bigoted, impatient, unbearable, strict, rigid, intolerable, unforgiving, narrow, intolerant, unendurable

   Synonyms:
   liberal, large-minded, patient of, broad, resistant, kind

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1. tolerantadjective

   Antonyms:
   intolerant

   Synonyms:
   indulgent, forbearing, charitable

How to use tolerant in a sentence?

1. Germany German Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   Germany should be a country that is open, curious, tolerant and even exciting, ten years ago things were not good.

2. Pope Benedict:

   We have to be respectful and tolerant, and if someone is in the river, let's move forward.

3. Eric Hoffer:

   The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbors as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant of others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.

4. Caroline Palmer:

   There is currently a lot of interest in creating more tolerant corals through genetic engineering and of restoring reefs by targeting more resilient corals, i fully support these approaches, but believe understanding what drives coral health will be key to their success.

5. Cyril Connolly:

   The English masses are lovable: they are kind, decent, tolerant, practical and not stupid. The tragedy is that they are too many of them, and that they are aimless, having outgrown the servile functions for which they were encouraged to multiply. One day these huge crowds will have to seize power because there will be nothing else for them to do, and yet they neither demand power nor are ready to make use of it; they will learn only to be bored in a new way.

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