Synonyms for tolerate
ˈtɒl əˌreɪt

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up(verb)

   put up with something or somebody unpleasant

   "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

   Synonyms:
   bide, project, ache, hold out, run, endure, affirm, underpin, carry, stand up, assume, have, hold, last, sustain, confirm, fend, stay, weather, take over, go, jut, endorse, jut out, turn out, digest, deport, prevail, comport, set up, behave, die hard, pay, jump out, remain firm, offer, deliver, indorse, hurt, abide, condense, raise, fend for, back up, stomach, birth, patronage, stand out, live, contribute, stick out, meet, brook, expect, patronize, suffer, concentrate, protrude, acquit, substantiate, brave out, survive, domiciliate, get, put forward, stand, can, post, plunk for, persist, live on, have a bun in the oven, give birth, back, jump, allow, rear, lose, place upright, wear, house, contain, leap out, bear, patronise, subscribe, hold up, corroborate, provide, erect, defend, brave, put up, tin, keep going, accept, bear out, support, resist, plump for, nominate, yield, gestate, permit, conduct

2. tolerate(verb)

   recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others)

   "We must tolerate the religions of others"

   Synonyms:
   permit, suffer, allow, brook, abide, stomach, endure, stand, support, put up, digest, stick out, bear

3. tolerate(verb)

   have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition

   "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

   Synonyms:
   permit, suffer, allow, brook, abide, stomach, endure, stand, support, put up, digest, stick out, bear

4. allow, permit, tolerate(verb)

   allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

   "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"

   Synonyms:
   admit, put up, grant, set aside, stand, appropriate, abide, support, let, digest, suffer, brook, bear, give up, stick out, reserve, countenance, permit, provide, endure, leave, allow, stomach, take into account, allow for, earmark

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. tolerate(verb)

   To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.

   Synonyms:
   brookEtymology 2, live with, put up with, allow, bear, endure

2. tolerate(verb)

   Synonyms:
   allow, put up with, live with, brookEtymology 2, endure, bear

English Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. tolerate

   To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

   Synonyms:
   abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, wait, watch

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. tolerate

   Synonyms:
   suffer, allow, permit, admit, bear, endure

   Antonyms:
   repel, disallow, prohibit, repudiate, reject, resist

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. tolerate(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   permit (as something unpleasant), allow, admit, indulge, receive

2. tolerate(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   suffer, endure, abide, brook, put up with, bear with, take patiently or easily

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   condone, tolerance, accept, countenance, allow, tolerated, endure

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