tolerant

  • (a) showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others
  • (s) tolerant and forgiving under provocation
    • our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke
    kind,
  • (s) showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
    • a broad political stance
    • generous and broad sympathies
    • a liberal newspaper
    • tolerant of his opponent's opinions
    large-minded, liberal, broad,
  • (s) 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
    resistant,
  • (s) showing the capacity for endurance
    • injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving
    • a man patient of distractions
    patient of,

Synonyms

kind large-minded liberal broad resistant patient of

Antonyms

intolerant

See also

charitable patient

Words of close approximity

tolerate
tolerantly