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 Americans may have become too intolerant of heat, but this is patently ridiculous. — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 Soy in particular is one of the most common food allergens, but someone could be intolerant to any one of these. — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 24 June 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for intolerant

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Adjective

These are impatient pop songs that span a range of emotions, somewhere between empathy and feeling pathetic.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Tom, impatient with the lack of results from both Willis and Beck, eventually takes matters into his own hands, and that is when things get dicey.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of impatient

Adjective

Elon Musk, once glorified as a technological genius, has come under fire for making bigoted and antisemitic comments.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
In its bleakest moments, the novel suggests that the ordeal of being gay in a venomously bigoted society negates its bounty.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of bigoted

Adjective

Louisville and Boise State don’t move much after narrow losses to top-10 teams.

— Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The extremely short, picometer-scale wavelength of nuclear-decay neutrinos makes the possible collective emission cone extraordinarily narrow.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of narrow

Adjective

Among the bureaucratic, parochial, pastoral and familial spaces his work takes his clients, a reflection on roots, gentrification and the act of remaining emerges.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
In some cases, opposition might amount to parochial not in my backyard — or NIMBY — concerns.

— Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of parochial

Adjective

The provincial government says the investment will strengthen aerospace capacity and support skilled employment in the province.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Twenty whales — 19 belugas and one killer whale — had died at Marineland since 2019, according to provincial government data obtained through Freedom-of-Information laws and official statements.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of provincial

Adjective

The prosecution of Ebel and Diestel was as prejudiced as such things typically are.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
During one of the balls, Peggy (Denée Benton) gets her fairy-tale moment when William Kirkland (Jordan Donica) defies his prejudiced mother (Phylicia Rashad) and cuts through the dance floor to propose to her in front of everyone.

— Hunter Ingram, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of prejudiced

Adjective

Europe could revert to a collection of nation-states ruled by illiberal nationalist governments content to accommodate Civilizational America.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 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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