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

His comments follow months of settler attacks in the West Bank, including a mosque torching, as Palestinian Americans accuse Israel’s security forces of tolerating extremist violence. — Ibrahim Hazboun, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Furthermore, relationships themselves teach basic psychological capacities such as regulating emotions, tolerating disappointment, and negotiating differences—skills which therapy is supposed to cultivate. — David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026

Either way, civilizationism would prescribe a more consistent strategy of military withdrawal from the region, a tack tantamount to tolerating Chinese hegemony in its sphere. — Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026

What Premier League clubs have shifted away from is — and apologies for the bluntness here — tolerating goalkeepers who aren’t good enough at saving shots. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Phenomenal™ lavender thrives where other lavender plants fail – tolerating humidity, heat, and even clay soil, all while producing mounds of fragrant foliage and dazzling blooms. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026

As the latest chapter in the epic British-American poem known as Fleetwood Mac,Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks are back to tolerating each other’s nonsense in a sexy way. — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

Kim Jong Il’s government accepted international food aid while increasingly tolerating informal markets as the state’s public distribution system broke down. — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026

For a Seattle politician to argue that tolerating drug crime and disorder amounts to harm enhancement registered as something close to startling news. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026