Synonyms for tolerant
ˈtɒl ər ənttol·er·ant

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tolerant

   Synonyms:
   forbearing, indulgent, large-minded

   Antonyms:
   intolerant, bigoted, extreme

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1. tolerantadjective

   showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others

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

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

2. kind, tolerantadjective

   tolerant and forgiving under provocation

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

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

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

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"

   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

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

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"

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

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

5. tolerant, patient ofadjective

   showing the capacity for endurance

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

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

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

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1. tolerantadjective

   Synonyms:
   indulgent, forbearing, charitable

   Antonyms:
   intolerant

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1. List of paraphrases for "tolerant":

   tolerance, lenient, shade-tolerant, permissive, forgiving, resistant

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1. Tim Stinear:

   There are two things we are working on, one is understanding exactly how the bacteria are becoming more tolerant. ... The second is what's going on in other parts of the world, and we are working with colleagues around the world to address that.

2. Sturt Manning:

   It seeks to destroy diversity and enforce narrow uniformity. Evidence of a tolerant, diverse past is anathema, what it fears is memory and knowledge, which it cannot destroy.

3. Konstanty Gebert:

   Both sides are living a myth, we didn't build a Poland of enlightened, free citizens who want to live in a tolerant society.

4. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

   To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgement of others.

5. Tad Gerlinger:

   Patients are less tolerant of activity restrictions now than they ever were, and so younger and younger patients are seeking out a solution to their problem of chronic knee or hip pain.