tolerant

Speech parts

1. tolerant - Adjective

2. tolerant - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

liberal kind understanding broad patient conservative resistant accepting sympathetic charitable lenient resilient permissive compassionate forgiving
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Antonyms

intolerant anti-Semite stern hard narrow partial
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Phrases with the word

salt-tolerant tolerant attitudes icy-tolerant

Anagrams

Tarleton tetronal

Examples

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. Oscar Wilde

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind. W. Somerset Maugham

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression. H. L. Mencken

The Malays are spiritually inclined, tolerant and easy-going. The non-Malays, and especially the Chinese, are materialistic, aggressive and have an appetite for work. For equality to come about, it is necessary that these strikingly contrasting races adjust to each other. Mahathir bin Mohamad

The tolerant liberal suddenly becomes very intolerant when their official religion is challenged. Ann Coulter

Palermo is a tolerant man, whoever goes, goes and whoever comes, comes. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

tolerance for pain toleranced tolerancy tolerant attitudes tolerantism tolerantist