Synonyms of tolerating

tolerating 1 of 2

adjective

as in resigned

receiving or enduring without offering resistance

old pictures of a graciously tolerating father letting his young children climb all over him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• resigned
• tolerant
• obedient
• passive
• acquiescent
• willing
• yielding
• nonresistant
• complying
• forbearing
• patient
• unresistant
• surrendering
• subordinate
• stoic
• compliant
• docile
• uncomplaining
• long-suffering
• conformist
• submissive
• tractable
• amenable
• conformable
• pliant
• amiable
• impassive
• pliable
• manageable
• obliging
• agreeable
• unresponsive
• subservient
• slavish
• uncaring
• law-abiding
• obeisant
• guidable
• apathetic
• disciplined
• governable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resistant
• resisting
• protesting
• defiant
• unyielding
• contrary
• refractory
• uncontrollable
• rebellious
• recalcitrant
• intractable
• unruly
• disobedient
• mutinous
• contumacious
• insubordinate
• insurgent
• restive
• untoward
• wayward
• perverse
• ungovernable
• willful
• wrongheaded
• balky
• headstrong
• indomitable
• unmanageable
• incompliant
• froward
• undisciplined
• dissident
• nonconformist

tolerating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of tolerate

1

as in letting

to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference

my boss simply doesn't tolerate tardiness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• letting
• ignoring
• allowing
• permitting
• suffering
• condoning
• disregarding
• putting up with
• forgiving
• excusing
• overlooking
• indulging
• brushing (aside or off)
• pardoning
• winking (at)
• humoring
• catering (to)
• giving in (to)
• shrugging off
• brooking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preventing
• blocking
• prohibiting
• barring
• forbidding
• constraining
• inhibiting
• discouraging
• interfering (with)
• curbing
• impeding
• deterring
• frustrating
• holding back

2

as in accepting

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

suffering a terrible headache, the poor woman couldn't tolerate all the noise the neighbors were making

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accepting
• standing
• enduring
• handling
• taking
• sustaining
• bearing
• stomaching
• swallowing
• absorbing
• supporting
• wearing
• abiding
• countenancing
• meeting
• hacking
• living with
• pocketing
• going
• sticking out
• standing for
• biding
• suffering
• brooking
• lumping (it)
• allowing
• permitting
• sweating out
• toughing it out
• respecting
• acquiescing
• reconciling (to)
• capitulating
• submitting (to)
• yielding (to)
• agreeing (with or to)
• consenting (to)
• assenting (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• rejecting
• dismissing
• declining
• resisting
• fighting
• opposing
• repudiating
• combating
• avoiding
• contesting
• turning down
• missing
• escaping
• spurning
• evading
• circumventing
• bypassing
• dodging
• eluding
• refraining (from)
• abstaining (from)
• forbearing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tolerating

Verb

Some may continue tolerating the pain and wait before searching for a bank that supports a new model or exposing the company to the uncertain risks of stablecoins—assuming the use case works at all. — Gary Palmer, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

The Republican Party has spent years tolerating its own forms of political extremism. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2026

PeeGee thrives in summer heat and is exceptionally cold-hardy, tolerating full sun and partial shade. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026

The development of lifesaving medications can be thwarted by too much caution in not tolerating some potential side effects. — Dipesh Navsaria, The Conversation, 29 June 2026

Specifically, kids this age are developing key emotional regulation skills, such as tolerating disappointment, embarrassment, as well as frustration and anger. — Liz Regalia, Parents, 23 June 2026

Spanish and French lavender varieties, in particular, are known for tolerating high temperatures the best. — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 13 June 2026

All of this demands constant adaptation inside a market that has stopped tolerating growth at any cost. — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 9 June 2026

Typically considered a cool-season annual, some new cultivars, such as ‘Laguna’ series are better at tolerating the heat. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 9 June 2026