Tolerant
['tɒl(ə)r(ə)nt] or ['tɑlərənt]
Definition
(adj.) showing the capacity for endurance; 'injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving'; 'a man patient of distractions' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others .
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Definition
(a.) Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.
Typist: Shelley
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Forbearing, indulgent, large-minded
ANT:Intolerant, bigoted, extreme
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Examples
- I dare say I should be more tolerant of a Rousseau than you would, Cary. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is difficult to be tolerant, difficult to be just, in such moments. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was nothing to her that the kindness took the form of tolerant patronage; she was used to that. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- More is as free as Plato from the prejudices of his age, and far more tolerant. Plato. The Republic.
- They had that necessary gift for all peoples destined to political predominance, tolerant assimilation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mary, who was no less conventional, and no more intelligent, yet led a larger life and held more tolerant views. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Had it been less authoritative and more tolerant of intellectual variety, it might perhaps have been a still more powerful body than it became. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Edison is slow to discuss the great mysteries of life, but is of reverential attitude of mind, and ever tolerant of others' beliefs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is not impossible for enlightened people at the present time to assume a tolerant attitu de toward the worldly Greeks or the other-worldly Christians. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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