tolerantadjective
uk/ˈtɒl.ər.ənt/us/ˈtɑː.lɚ.ənt/tolerant adjective (ACCEPTING)
C1 willing to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them:
The present government is even less tolerant of dissent.
People in Italy are more tolerant of children in public places than in Britain.
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Open-minded
- broad-minded
- enlightened
- freethinker
- inclusive
- liberal
- liberalize
- live
- live and let live idiom
- non-judgmental
- open mind
- open-minded
- permissive society
- receptive
- tolerance
tolerant adjective (ABLE TO DEAL WITH)
able to deal with something unpleasant or annoying, or to continue existing despite bad or difficult conditions:
I think men are less tolerant of stress than women.
Compared to other plants, rye is more tolerant of drought.
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Tolerating and enduring
- bear
- bear with sb
- bearable
- bide
- come to terms with sth idiom
- endurance
- philosophically
- resigned
- ride
- ride sth out
- sit
- sit sth out
- stand for sth
- stew
- stew (in your own juice) idiom
- stick
- stick it out
- stick with it idiom
- stick with sth/sb
- sweat it out idiom
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tolerantly
adverb uk/ˈtɒl.ər.ənt.li/us/ˈtɑː.lɚ.ənt.li/
I would tell my grandmother about all the crazy things I'd been doing and she would just smile tolerantly.