tolerant
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others
Related & opposite
- charitable also see
- patient also see
- intolerant antonym
- tolerance derivation
- tolerate derivation
- unbigoted similar to
Sense 2 adjective
tolerant and forgiving under provocation
our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke
Related & opposite
- forgivingness derivation
- brook derivation
- forgiving similar to
Sense 3 adjective
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
a broad political stance
Related & opposite
- liberality derivation
- tolerate derivation
- broad-minded similar to
Sense 4 adjective
able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress
the plant is tolerant of saltwater
Related & opposite
- tolerable similar to
Sense 5 adjective
showing the capacity for endurance
injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | charitable |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | patient |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | intolerant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tolerance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tolerate |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unbigoted |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | forgivingness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | brook |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | forgiving |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | liberality |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tolerate |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | broad-minded |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | tolerable |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | brook |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | patient |