[syn: tolerant, patient of]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tolerant \Tol"er*ant\, a. [L. tolerans, p. pr. of tolerare to
tolerate: cf. F. tol['e]rant. See Tolerate.]
Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing;
indulgent.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tolerant
adj 1: showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices
of others [ant: intolerant]
2: tolerant and forgiving under provocation; "our neighbor was
very kind about the window our son broke" [syn: kind,
tolerant]
3: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad
political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a
liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
[syn: broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant]
4: 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" [syn: tolerant,
resistant]
5: showing the capacity for endurance; "injustice can make us
tolerant and forgiving"; "a man patient of distractions"
[syn: tolerant, patient of]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "tolerant":
Spartan, accepting, accommodating, accommodative, admissive,
advanced, agreeable, allowing, armed with patience, attentive,
benevolent, broad, broad-minded, catholic, charitable, clement,
compassionate, complaisant, conciliatory, consenting, considerate,
delicate, disciplined, dispassionate, easy, easygoing, endurant,
enduring, fair, forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, freethinking,
generous, gentle, heedful, helpful, humane, indulgent, kind,
latitudinarian, lax, lenient, liberal, libertarian, libertine,
long-suffering, longanimous, magnanimous, merciful, mild, mindful,
mindful of others, moderate, nonprohibitive, objective, obliging,
open-minded, patient, patient as Job, permissive, permitting,
persevering, philosophical, placable, regardful, self-controlled,
soft, solicitous, sparing, stoic, suffering, tactful, tender,
thoughtful, tolerating, tolerative, unbigoted, understanding,
unprejudiced, unprohibitive, unresentful, unrevengeful