tolerant

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈtɑːləɹənt/ UK /ˈtɒləɹənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #18254

Meanings

1

adj
Willing to accept opinions or behaviour you do not agree with.

He's tolerant of different political views.
2

adj
Able to survive difficult conditions or stress.

These plants are tolerant of drought and full sunlight.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · willing to accept opinions... broad-mindedopen-mindedliberal lenient

2 adj · able to survive difficult... resistant

More patient sufferable

Opposites

brittle intolerant nonresistantnontolerantunresistantvulnerable weak

Word family

Forms tolerantly

Derived forms tolerantismtolerantisttolerantly

Related forms tolerability tolerable tolerance tolerate toleration

Common collocations

quite tolerant Adverb + adjective

Etymology

Either borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (“to endure”).

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# tolerant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈtɑːləɹənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtɒləɹənt/
**Frequency rank:** 18254

## Meanings
1. Willing to accept opinions or behaviour you do not agree with.
2. Able to survive difficult conditions or stress.

## Examples
- He's tolerant of different political views.
- These plants are tolerant of drought and full sunlight.

## Synonyms
- patient
- resistant
- sufferable

## Antonyms
- brittle
- intolerant
- nonresistant
- nontolerant
- unresistant
- vulnerable
- weak

## Derived Forms
- tolerantism
- tolerantist
- tolerantly

## Related Forms
- tolerability
- tolerable
- tolerance
- tolerate
- toleration

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tolerans

## Etymology
Either borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (“to endure”).

## AI Etymology
Tolerant either borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (“to endure”). The historical line also includes Latin tolerans. In present-day use, it can mean willing to accept opinions or behaviour you do not agree with, or able to survive difficult conditions or stress. Derived formations include tolerantism, tolerantist, tolerantly.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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