tolerant

Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

tol·er·ant

(tŏl′ər-ənt)

adj.

1. Inclined to tolerate the beliefs or behavior of others; forbearing: a tolerant attitude.

2. Able to withstand or endure an adverse environmental condition: plants tolerant of extreme heat.

3. Able to digest or metabolize a food, drug, or other substance or compound: people who are lactose tolerant.

[French tolérant, from Latin tolerāns, present participle of tolerāre, to bear; see tolerate.]

tol′er·ant·ly adv.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

tolerant

(ˈtɒlərənt)

adj

1. able to tolerate the beliefs, actions, opinions, etc, of others

2. permissive

3. able to withstand extremes, as of heat and cold

4. (Medicine) med (of a patient) exhibiting tolerance to a drug

ˈtolerantly adv

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

tol•er•ant

(ˈtɒl ər ənt)

adj.

1. inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing: tolerant of errors.

2. favoring toleration: a tolerant church.

a. able to endure or resist the action of a drug, poison, etc.

b. lacking, or exhibiting low levels of, immune response to a normally immunogenic substance.

[1770–80; < Latin tolerant-, s. of tolerāns, present participle of tolerāre to bear]

tol′er•ant•ly, adv.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Adj.	1.	tolerant - showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others charitable - full of love and generosity; "charitable to the poor"; "a charitable trust" patient - enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance; "a patient smile"; "was patient with the children"; "an exact and patient scientist"; "please be patient" intolerant - unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
	2.	tolerant - tolerant and forgiving under provocation; "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke" kind forgiving - inclined or able to forgive and show mercy; "a kindly forgiving nature"; "a forgiving embrace to the naughty child"
	3.	tolerant - showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" large-minded, liberal, broad broad-minded - inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own; "a judge who is broad-minded but even-handed"
	4.	tolerant - able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress; "the plant is tolerant of saltwater"; "these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided"; "the new hybrid is more resistant to drought" resistant tolerable - capable of being borne or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable"
	5.	tolerant - showing the capacity for endurance; "injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving"; "a man patient of distractions" patient of patient - enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance; "a patient smile"; "was patient with the children"; "an exact and patient scientist"; "please be patient"

tolerant

adjective broad-minded, understanding, sympathetic, open-minded, patient, fair, soft, catholic, charitable, indulgent, easy-going, long-suffering, lax, lenient, permissive, magnanimous, free and easy, forbearing, kind-hearted, unprejudiced, complaisant, latitudinarian, unbigoted, easy-oasy (slang) They need to be tolerant of different points of view.
broad-minded authoritarian, strict, prejudiced, biased, stern, rigid, sectarian, repressive, bigoted, dictatorial, dogmatic, intolerant, tyrannical, narrow-minded, despotic, illiberal, uncharitable

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

tolerant

adjective

1. Not narrow or conservative in thought, expression, or conduct:

broad, broad-minded, liberal, open-minded, progressive.

2. Not strict or severe:

charitable, clement, easy, forbearing, indulgent, lax, lenient, merciful, soft.

Translations

مُتَسَامِحمُتَسامِح

tolerantní

tolerant

suvaitsevainen

tolerantan

umburîarlyndur

tollerante

寛容な

관대한

tolerantný

strpen

tolerant

ที่มีความอดทน

hoşgörülütoleranslı

bao dung

宽恕的容忍的

tolerant

[ˈtɒlərənt] ADJ

1. (= open-minded) [person, society, attitude] → tolerante
to be tolerant of sb/sth → ser tolerante con algn/algo

2. (Med) to be tolerant to sth → tolerar algo
his body is becoming tolerant to the drugs (= receptive) → su cuerpo tolera cada vez mejor los medicamentos; (= resistant) → los medicamentos ya no le surten efecto

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tolerant

[ˈtɒlərənt] adj → tolérant(e)
to be tolerant of sth (= accept) → être tolérant(e) vis-à-vis de qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tolerant

adj

(→ gegenüber) → tolerant, duldsam; (towards children, one’s juniors) → nachsichtig; the Lord is tolerant of our mistakes → der Herr sieht uns unsere Schwächen nach; to adopt a more tolerant attitude to or toward(s) something → einer Sache (dat) → toleranter gegenüberstehen

(Tech, Med) to be tolerant of heat → hitzebeständig sein; to be tolerant to light → Licht vertragen können; to be tolerant to a drug → ein Medikament (gut) vertragen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tolerant

[ˈtɒlər/ənt] adj tolerant (of) → tollerante (nei confronti di)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tolerate

(ˈtoləreit) verb

to bear or endure; to put up with. I couldn't tolerate his rudeness.

ˈtolerable adjective

1. able to be borne or endured. The heat was barely tolerable.

2. quite good. The food was tolerable.

ˈtolerance noun

1. the ability to be fair and understanding to people whose ways, opinions etc are different from one's own. We should always try to show tolerance to other people.

2. the ability to resist the effects of eg a drug. If you take a drug regularly, your body gradually acquires a tolerance of it.

ˈtolerant adjective

showing tolerance. He's very tolerant towards his neighbours.

ˈtolerantly adverb

ˌtoleˈration noun

1. the act of tolerating. His toleration of her behaviour amazed me.

2. tolerance, especially in religious matters. The government passed a law of religious toleration.

tolerant

→ مُتَسَامِح tolerantní tolerant tolerant ανεκτικός tolerante suvaitsevainen tolérant tolerantan tollerante 寛容な 관대한 tolerant tolerant tolerancyjny tolerante терпимый tolerant ที่มีความอดทน hoşgörülü bao dung 宽恕的

tol·er·ant

a. tolerante.

tolerant

adj tolerante

References in classic literature ?

The end of life was reserved for the Dog, wherefore the old man is often snappish, irritable, hard to please, and selfish, tolerant only of his own household, but averse to strangers and to all who do not administer to his comfort or to his necessities.

View in context

Here were the worn husband and wife sitting with their children round them, very patient, tolerant, and wise.

View in context

In my later and more tolerant years I had been unenthusiastic in my acceptance of it as an inevitable social phenomenon.

View in context

Their catholic digestions were equally tolerant of a rat or an insect.

View in context

Just as Jerry had learned from Mister Haggin that he must be more tolerant of the house-boys than of the field-boys if they trespassed on the compound, so, from Captain Van Horn, he learned that he must be more tolerant of the boat's crew than of the return boys.

View in context

They so far exceed the usual though unjustifiable licenses of party artifice, that even in a disposition the most candid and tolerant, they must force the sentiments which favor an indulgent construction of the conduct of political adversaries to give place to a voluntary and unreserved indignation.

View in context

We should be very tolerant with them, and very patient."

View in context

Janet would make a paragon of a wife -- cheery, economical, tolerant, and a very queen of cooks.

View in context

She nodded her head and smiled, and he felt, somehow, that her smile was tolerant, pitifully tolerant.

View in context

"You certainly have a high opinion of my good nature," said the planter, smiling, "but I advise you not to talk quite so loud, as there are people on board the boat who might not be quite so tolerant to opinion as I am.

View in context

I would be as tolerant of and as liberal to a rival as I should expect him to be to me.

View in context

He described one of the vivas with tolerant humour; some fellow in an outrageous collar was asking him questions in logic; it was infinitely tedious, and suddenly he noticed that he wore elastic-sided boots: it was grotesque and ridiculous; so he withdrew his mind and thought of the gothic beauty of the Chapel at King's.