ENDURABLE Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

endurable

adjective

in-ˈdu̇r-ə-bəl

Definition of endurable

as in sustainable

capable of being endured a flu shot is never pleasant, but I find the momentary pain entirely endurable

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Recent Examples of endurable Two people with divergent intuitions about what’s normal, or endurable, can end up tussling over the same territory. — Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 15 July 2026 Recognizing this makes the feeling more endurable. — Daniel Smith, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026 That's not a just, endurable peace. — NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025 Waiting for the movie to come to Racine, Wisconsin, didn’t seem endurable. — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025 Those intimate pauses are more endurable than the film’s particularly unfunny comic centerpiece, in which the men venture into a nightclub to meet with a generic, coke-addled magnate. — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025 His comments come as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman brokered a meeting between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov this week in Riyadh to devise an endurable end to the war in Ukraine. — David Catanese, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025 But Russo understands the appeal, even the necessity, of those absurd affections that exceed all reason and make the travails of human life endurable. — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 18 July 2023

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Adjective

And your central argument is that although most of the world may hope that the war between Iran and the United States will end soon, the low-grade conflict the two sides have been having for months is sustainable and likely to endure.

— Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
Another challenge facing the industry is the need for bulkier vessels to transport sustainable ammonia fuel.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of sustainable

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While no postponements or cancellations have been announced, security teams are undoubtedly assessing what level of risk is tolerable for the titans of the global economy.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Or good people have other reasons for finding that bad thing to be tolerable.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of tolerable

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