INTOLERANT Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

intolerant

adjective

(ˌ)in-ˈtä-lə-rənt

Definition of intolerant

as in impatient

unable or unwilling to endure intolerant of fools, she is not an easy person to work for

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as in bigoted

unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints intolerant people who callously deny others the very rights that they take for granted

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Recent Examples of intolerant During our May Monthly Meeting on Wednesday, Jim Cramer said that Meta’s 2026 performance is shocking because Zuckerberg is known to be intolerant of underperformance. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 28 May 2026 Up to 75% of the world’s population is intolerant to lactose. — Jillian Kubala, Health, 14 May 2026 How to manage a susceptible, intolerant rose Roses that are both susceptible and intolerant to disease despite proper care should be shovel-pruned and replaced with cultivars that thrive with little or no disease. — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026 The Gaza protests had been galvanizing for Republicans, who, even before October 7th, had viewed universities as captured by radical thinking on race and politics, rife with grade inflation, and intolerant of conservatives. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intolerant

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Adjective

Fans, perhaps impatient for something to justify sitting through the sweltering 90-degree heat, started doing the wave around the 18-minute mark.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
After previously trading away their picks in the first two rounds, the Wild got a little impatient in Round 3, working a trade with the Los Angeles Kings to move up six spots.

— Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 27 June 2026

Definition of impatient

Adjective

Others warned that Emmer’s comments and the growing animosity towards Somali- and Muslim-American communities marked a regression to a more bigoted era in the United States.

— Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
That means that, every once in a while, when someone is saying bigoted things or acting aggressively around other customers, they get kicked out.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026

Definition of bigoted

Adjective

The broad straps offset the lower neckline, which scoops at its narrowest point for a softer look, rather than forming a harsh line.

— Irene Richardson, InStyle, 13 July 2026
Plans with lower monthly costs often have narrower networks of doctors and hospitals, and less generous drug coverage.

— Renuka Rayasam, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026

Definition of narrow

Adjective

Many children in Florida attending private, parochial or homeschool programs do not take the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking, or FAST, test, which is used by Florida’s public school districts to measure students’ achievement.

— Kendall Deas, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
They are hired hands and stewards of other people’s capital, with no desire to becoming embroiled in internecine squabbles between clashing advocates, parochial activists, and plain opportunists latching on to the moment.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026

Definition of parochial

Adjective

The port city has been targeted before, most recently yesterday when the semi-official Fars News Agency reported the provincial government saying a projectile hit the western part of Bandar Abbas.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
In June, the provincial government of Anhui published an action plan to fast-track BCI development across research, production and industrialization.

— Elaine Yu, CNBC, 11 July 2026

Definition of provincial

Adjective

The balls provided a rare opportunity for competitors to express themselves outside of the confines of a prejudiced society and later offered education and testing as the community battled HIV/AIDS.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
But the rich sometimes actually can face a prejudiced jury.

— John Seiler, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026

Definition of prejudiced

Adjective

There was an equal and opposite reaction from far-right Americans and Europeans, some of whom had flocked to Budapest in recent years, treating it as an illiberal city on a hill, and a source of government largesse.

— Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
The prominence of Hasan Piker, an apologist for terrorism and a proponent of authoritarian regimes, has revealed a much broader comfort on the left with illiberal ideas and violent methods.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026

Definition of illiberal

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