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单词 tolerant
释义

tolerant

adjective

tol·​er·​ant ˈtä-lə-rənt How to pronounce tolerant (audio)
ˈtäl-rənt
1
: inclined to tolerate
especially : marked by forbearance or endurance
tolerant parents
a culture tolerant of religious differences
2
: exhibiting tolerance (as for a drug or an environmental factor)
tolerantly adverb

Synonyms

  • forbearing
  • long-suffering
  • patient
  • stoic
  • stoical
  • uncomplaining
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Example Sentences

this job requires a tolerant person who is used to dealing with complaints and angry customers a tolerant acceptance of the terrible way that his wife has always treated him
Recent Examples on the Web Yet even in the empire’s cosmopolitan and dynamic heart, amid nominally meritocratic and tolerant institutions, Freud struggled against the limitations of class and widespread antisemitism. Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022 Double Take cultivars are compact, drought-tolerant, thornless, and vigorous spring bloomers. Marty Ross, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2022 Both heat and drought tolerant, this low-maintenance perennial is a butterfly magnet that blooms late spring through frost. Terri Robertson, Country Living, 1 Aug. 2022 This is very difficult to remember in real life, especially in a reality that is more and more divided and less and less tolerant. Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022 But more powerful, said activists who have organized the community for the past decade, is a budding sense of national unity that is inclusive and tolerant — and unlike Russia in every way. Max Bearak, Washington Post, 10 June 2022 Gen Z is the most diverse and tolerant generation in history, and millennials are not far behind. Andrew Ellenberg, Forbes, 8 June 2022 Most are perfectly suited to our damp summers and tolerant of our fluctuating temperatures. Susan Brownstein, cleveland, 7 June 2022 But as electric cars gain popularity because of skyrocketing gasoline prices, the next wave of customers may not be as tolerant or as enamored of Mr. Musk. New York Times, 20 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

tolerant

adjective

tol·​er·​ant ˈtä-lə-rənt How to pronounce tolerant (audio)
: showing tolerance

Medical Definition

tolerant

adjective

tol·​er·​ant -rənt How to pronounce tolerant (audio)
: exhibiting tolerance (as for a drug or physiological insult)
lactose tolerant

tolerant

adjective

1
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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • patient
  • stoic
  • obedient
  • passive
  • forbearing
  • uncomplaining
  • obliging
  • willing
  • stoical
  • subordinate
  • lenient
  • restrained
  • long-suffering
  • docile
  • acquiescent
  • compliant
  • collected
  • composed
  • amiable
  • conformist
  • tractable
  • resigned
  • amenable
  • submissive
  • repressed
  • inhibited
  • disciplined
  • yielding
  • constrained
  • subservient
  • agreeable
  • law-abiding
  • complying
  • placable
  • unresistant
  • contained
  • unresponsive
  • apathetic
  • slavish
  • uncaring
  • curbed
  • self-controlled
  • self-contained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • impatient
  • complaining
  • resistant
  • protesting
  • fed up
  • defiant
  • weary
  • tired
  • bored
  • refractory
  • rebellious
  • kvetchy
  • recalcitrant
  • intractable
  • kvetching
  • disobedient
  • insubordinate
  • unmanageable
  • contrary
  • unruly
  • ungovernable
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2
as in resigned
receiving or enduring without offering resistance a tolerant acceptance of the terrible way that his wife has always treated him

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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