Synonyms of tolerance

tolerance

noun

ˈtä-lə-rən(t)s 

as in patience

the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining

showed great tolerance in dealing with the child's tantrums

Synonyms & Similar Words

• patience
• forbearance
• sufferance
• willingness
• acquiescence
• long-suffering
• discipline
• subordination
• resignation
• passivity
• docility
• compliance
• obedience
• passiveness
• conformism
• tractability
• submissiveness
• submission
• self-control
• amenability

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• impatience
• resistance
• defiance
• disobedience
• insubordination
• willfulness
• recalcitrance
• intractability
• contrariness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tolerance

In an odd way, Drury said Californians who are on the fence about buying zero-emission vehicles may have more tolerance for high gas prices than drivers in other parts of the country. —Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026

Promotes a Better Experience Newer, easier guidelines for shorter fasting windows recognize that tolerance improves compliance and contributes to a better surgical experience. —Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2026

Reasonableness, like tolerance, is best seen as a convention of restraint, sustained because everyone remembers, however vaguely, what happens when the treaty collapses. —Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026

That’s not because our tolerance for stoner comedies, or even dramas, has gone up. —Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026