tolerant

adjective

ˈtä-lə-rənt How to pronounce tolerant (audio)
Definition of tolerantnext
1
as in patient
accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint this job requires a tolerant person who is used to dealing with complaints and angry customers

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2
as in resigned
receiving or enduring without offering resistance a tolerant acceptance of the terrible way that his wife has always treated him

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Recent Examples of tolerant Aurora said that converting certain areas to more drought-tolerant landscaping is one of the many steps the city is taking to model a good use of community resources. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 30 July 2026 This cold-tolerant evergreen shrub is often used as a hedge plant. — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 30 July 2026 Native and drought tolerant landscape design dots the property, which uses solar heating for the pool and guest room water. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026 An easy-care and cold-tolerant evergreen shrub, American arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis) makes an excellent hedge plant. — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tolerant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tolerant
  1. patient
  2. resigned
  3. stoic
  4. obedient
  5. passive
  6. acquiescent
Adjective
  • Seventy years of patient investment in exchanges have produced an alumni network no other country can match.
    — James K. Glassman, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The Charlotte native was humble and patient, his coach previously told the Observer, and in 2013 became an All-American defensive lineman at JCSU — a title the school hadn’t seen since 2008.
    — Julia Coin August 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of patient
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  • There’s no wonder or dread in this future — just the resigned acceptance that nothing is remarkable, despite all the nifty gadgets everyone has.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
  • Liz Alvarado skillfully broadens this figure from a resigned, knowing older woman committed to marrying for security, to believably revealing dormant feelings within her that tamped down her first-and-only true enamorado Diego.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 12 May 2026
Definition of resigned
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  • Even more shocking is Annie’s encounter with Ramona(Amélie Hoeferle), the stoic and standoffish redhead who looks exactly like Annie’s dead mom and who insists Gordon was also her grandfather.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The Northern Irish temperament is stoic to the point of obstinance.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Definition of stoic
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  • The native, late summer-blooming obedient plant is a showy addition to your garden.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026
  • This fantasy of the obedient wife becomes Agamemnon’s undoing.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 July 2026
Definition of obedient
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  • Watching television is a cognitively passive activity because viewers are primarily receiving information rather than actively processing it.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • In a hushed environment, the buds' passive isolation is often sufficient.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of passive
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  • That amendment had been made a dead letter by Jim Crow state legislatures and an acquiescent Supreme Court.
    — Robert D. Bland, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Trump is the most corrupt and scandal-plagued president since Nixon; indeed, his fiascoes eclipse Nixon’s, but many of them remain mostly or somewhat hidden, thanks in part to a much more acquiescent Republican Congress than the one Nixon had.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
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