Synonyms for tolerant
ˈtɒl ər ənttol·er·ant

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tolerant

   Synonyms:
   forbearing, indulgent, large-minded

   Antonyms:
   intolerant, bigoted, extreme

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1. tolerantadjective

   showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others

   Synonyms:
   liberal, large-minded, patient of, broad, resistant, kind

   Antonyms:
   bigoted, unbearable, impatient, narrow, intolerant, strict, unendurable, rigid, narrow-minded, intolerable, unforgiving

2. kind, tolerantadjective

   tolerant and forgiving under provocation

   "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke"

   Synonyms:
   large-minded, resistant, broad, kind, patient of, liberal, genial

   Antonyms:
   unendurable, unbearable, narrow, impatient, bigoted, intolerable, narrow-minded, rigid, intolerant, strict, unforgiving

3. broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerantadjective

   showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

   "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"

   Synonyms:
   broad, bounteous, big, freehanded, full(a), panoptic, all-encompassing, extensive, all-inclusive, loose, unspecific, spacious, broad(a), patient of, encompassing, blanket(a), kind, free, all-embracing, across-the-board, resistant, liberal, giving, bighearted, large-minded, wide, openhanded, handsome, bountiful, unsubtle

   Antonyms:
   unbearable, intolerant, narrow-minded, unendurable, unforgiving, strict, intolerable, rigid, narrow, bigoted, impatient

4. tolerant, resistantadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   resistive, large-minded, resistant, immune, insubordinate, broad, kind, patient of, liberal, repellent

   Antonyms:
   bigoted, intolerable, unforgiving, narrow-minded, rigid, intolerant, unbearable, impatient, strict, unendurable, narrow

5. tolerant, patient ofadjective

   showing the capacity for endurance

   "injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving"; "a man patient of distractions"

   Synonyms:
   liberal, large-minded, patient of, broad, resistant, kind

   Antonyms:
   narrow-minded, bigoted, impatient, unbearable, strict, rigid, intolerable, unforgiving, narrow, intolerant, unendurable

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1. tolerantadjective

   Synonyms:
   indulgent, forbearing, charitable

   Antonyms:
   intolerant

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1. List of paraphrases for "tolerant":

   tolerance, lenient, shade-tolerant, permissive, forgiving, resistant

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1. Mark Lynas:

   Most of the planetary surface would be functionally uninhabitable, agriculture would cease to exist everywhere, apart for the polar and sub-polar regions, and perhaps the mid-latitudes for extremely heat-tolerant crops. It's difficult to see how crops could be grown elsewhere. There's a certain level above which plants just can't survive.

2. W. Somerset Maugham:

   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. It is failure that makes people bitter and cruel.

3. Barack Obama:

   My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

4. Pope Benedict:

   We have to be respectful and tolerant, and if someone is in the river, let's move forward.

5. Paul. F. Meekin:

   Tests and exams do not determine who is in the right standing. Tests and exams only determine who is left standing. However even if you are knocked down you can still rise again. How far you go in life does not depend on tests and exams but on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the old, sympathetic and tolerant with others who are not as strong as yourself.