a. | 1. | Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent. |
Adj. | 1. | tolerant - showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others Antonyms: intolerant - unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion |
2. | tolerant - tolerant and forgiving under provocation; "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke" Synonyms: kind | |
3. | tolerant - showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" | |
4. | tolerant - showing the capacity for endurance; "injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving"; "a man patient of distractions" Synonyms: patient of |