1
as in patient
accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint
this job requires a tolerant person who is used to dealing with complaints and angry customers
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in resigned
receiving or enduring without offering resistance
a tolerant acceptance of the terrible way that his wife has always treated him
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of tolerant
Some have been bred to be more tolerant of cold or heat, or will take more or less time to reach maturity.
—
Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
While the breed is tolerant of children, Brutus is not.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
Blue Ghost carries with it ten instruments, including a lunar soil analyzer, a radiation tolerant computer (RadPC) and an X-ray telescope.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
Smallmouth bass are more tolerant of cold water and prefer water temperatures in the mid-60s to mid-70s.
—Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tolerant
Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
While the breed is tolerant of children, Brutus is not.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
Blue Ghost carries with it ten instruments, including a lunar soil analyzer, a radiation tolerant computer (RadPC) and an X-ray telescope.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
Smallmouth bass are more tolerant of cold water and prefer water temperatures in the mid-60s to mid-70s.
—Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tolerant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tolerant
Adjective
-
The Hoosiers are balanced, patient and can score in flurries with the 3-ball.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
-
Chris would benefit from a family that is patient and will provide him with guidance during his teen years.—
The Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
-
In recent weeks, a number of artists canceled planned appearances and resigned positions associated with the center.—
Julia Jacobs,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
-
Some of the more jarring sequences remain amusing despite their brashness: At one point, for example, Mickey narrates a shocking vignette—about a psychopath on Earth who printed multiple copies of himself to carry out grisly murders—with the resigned, wary tone of an office worker.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
-
Only at the end of the second episode does the stoic fixer allow himself to be unleashed.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
-
Jack Schumacher’s Yancy Grey, who can be seen later on in the trailer risking it all for a rodeo ride, asks Cap Fuller (James Brolin) about the stoic Staten.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
-
In this framing, children are not autonomous individuals worthy of respect, but future standard-bearers of their parents’ values—which means that the greatest sign of a mother’s success is producing obedient children.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2025
-
His oxygen tank sat at his knees like an obedient mastiff.—
Brandon Taylor,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
Things like passive solar (using our southern exposure windows and glass doors for heat gain in the winter), and having overhangs on the southern, east and west elevations that shade the heat gain in the summer.—
Rob Lewallen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
-
One of the potential innovations would be the installation of passive Z-gates.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
-
Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.—
Mohanad Hage Ali,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2024
-
The young man’s comment was out of line, and my silence felt somehow acquiescent.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2024
Cite this Entry
“Tolerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tolerant. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share