TOLERANT Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

tolerant

adjective

ˈtä-lə-rənt

Definition of tolerant

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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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 Try to encourage more heat-tolerant plants by watering in the early morning. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2026 Many gardeners have developed a rather tolerant attitude toward weeds. — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 17 July 2026 Conserve water by mulching, grouping plants by water needs, choosing drought-tolerant species, and capturing runoff. — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2026 The Joint Force seeks a cost-effective, theater-range, massed, and modular Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to provide a flexible, operationally-responsive, risk-tolerant option in the air domain. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tolerant

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Adjective

Sellers are getting patient, and buyers are calling more of the shots than the headline numbers suggest.

— Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 24 July 2026
Review social media posts Social media platforms and patient reviews can be a useful tool before visiting for a consultation.

— Ella Moore July 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026

Definition of patient

Adjective

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
Neither is the machine that, partway through the play, noisily turns the stage into a great berg of foam, which slowly subsumes a resigned Kramer.

— Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026

Definition of resigned

Adjective

Her unvarnished, heartsore turn as a woman unprepared to be the face of a movement, but shouldering that responsibility anyway, gives this otherwise stoic affair a nervy, sensitive spine.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 July 2026
But the action is nullified by the fact that Ono assumes the stoic posture of the Buddhist monks seen in the news at the time setting themselves aflame in protest of the Vietnam War.

— Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of stoic

Adjective

But Magdalen’s temporary embodiment of her sister’s demure, obedient nature does not temper her impulsive, dramatic tendencies—only the development of an empathetic, analytical intelligence can do that.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Second, victims of higher taxes don’t stand still and get sheared like obedient sheep.

— Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of obedient

Adjective

Countering them requires passive and active acoustic sensing, signal processing, and rapid classification.

— Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
Unlike resilin in other insects, for which the protein typically acts as a passive energy storage system or exoskeleton protection, the resilin in these lake flies plays an active role in ensuring their air sacs don’t implode at depth.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 23 July 2026

Definition of passive

Adjective

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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