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Synonyms for tolerate
ˈtɒl əˌreɪttol·er·ate

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Wiktionary3.2 / 5 votes

  1. tolerateverb

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

  2. tolerateverb

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

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

English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 2 votes

  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 Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. tolerate

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

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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put upverb

    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. tolerateverb

    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. tolerateverb

    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, tolerateverb

    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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tolerateverb

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

  2. tolerateverb

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tolerateverb

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "tolerate":

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

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How to use tolerate in a sentence?

  1. Jeff Mortimer:

    The key economic variable continues to be inflation, is it temporary, is it permanent, what number will the Fed tolerate in order to achieve its full employment mandate?

  2. Donald Trump:

    Today, I took action to protect the integrity of United States electoral system by signing an Executive Order to ensure that we can swiftly identify and punish any foreign interference in our elections, as I have made clear, United States will not tolerate any form of foreign meddling in our elections.

  3. Serge Dedina:

    We can no longer tolerate our own government allowing this to happen.

  4. Al Sacchetti:

    It makes a big difference in how these kids tolerate the disease, particularly if the child’s got some medical issues.

  5. Proverb:

    The person who is his own master cannot tolerate another boss. It's better to be without a book than to believe a book entirely. When economy goes south, people get political.


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