tolerant
Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
Example
“He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.”
Other meanings
Tending to withstand or survive.
“These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.”
Related words
- heterotolerant
- omnitolerant
- phototolerant
- pseudotolerant
- tolerantism
- tolerantist
- tolerantly
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "tolerans".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tolerant” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.