tolerant

tol·er·ant

adj \ˈtä-lə-rənt, ˈtäl-rənt\

Definition of TOLERANT

1

: inclined to tolerate; especially : marked by forbearance or endurance <tolerant parents> <a culture tolerant of religious differences>

2

: exhibiting tolerance (as for a drug or an environmental factor)

— tol·er·ant·ly adverb

Examples of TOLERANT

1. <this job requires a tolerant person who is used to dealing with complaints and angry customers>
2. <a tolerant acceptance of the terrible way that his wife has always treated him>

First Known Use of TOLERANT

1776

Related to TOLERANT

Synonyms: forbearing, long-suffering, stoic (or stoical), patient, uncomplaining

Antonyms: complaining, fed up, impatient, kvetching, kvetchy, protesting

Related Words: lenient; acquiescent, passive, resigned, unresistant, yielding; agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, conformist, docile, law-abiding, obedient, placable, submissive, subordinate, tractable, willing; slavish, subservient; amiable, obliging; collected, composed; constrained, contained, curbed, inhibited, repressed, restrained; disciplined, self-contained, self-controlled; apathetic, uncaring, unresponsive

Near Antonyms: bored, tired, weary; defiant, resistant; contrary, disobedient, insubordinate, intractable, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly

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