I cannot be tolerant of naughty children.
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Tolerant
//ˈtɑːləɹənt//
Synonyms for "tolerant" (106 found)
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Strong matches (31)
conciliatoryconsentingconsideratedelicatedisciplineddispassionateeasyeasygoingendurantenduringequitablefairforbearantforbearingfreethinkinggenerousgentlegood-naturedheedfulhelpful
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Related words (53)
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28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
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3 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 27 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- հանդուրժող adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Belarusian
2 entries- талера́нтны adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
- цярплі́вы adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Catalan
1 entries- tolerant adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 寬容 /宽容 adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
- 能耐 adj (tending to withstand or survive)
Czech
2 entries- snášenlivý adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
- tolerantní adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Danish
1 entries- tolerant adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Dutch
3 entries- bestendig adj (tending to withstand or survive)
- tolerant adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
- verdraagzaam adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Esperanto
1 entries- tolerema adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Finnish
4 entries- avarakatseinen adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
- be tolerant of adj (tending to withstand or survive)
- sietää adj (tending to withstand or survive)
- suvaitsevainen adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
French
1 entries- tolérant adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Galician
1 entries- tolerante adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
German
1 entries- tolerant adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Greek
1 entries- ανεκτικός adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Hungarian
1 entries- toleráns adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Irish
2 entries- fulangach adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
- fulangach adj (tending to withstand or survive)
Latin
1 entries- tolerans adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Māori
3 entries- manawanui adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
- manawarahi adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
- ngāwari adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tolerant adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- tolerant adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Persian
1 entries- تاونده adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Polish
1 entries- tolerancyjny adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Portuguese
1 entries- tolerante adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Russian
2 entries- терпи́мый adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
- толера́нтный adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Slovak
1 entries- tolerantný adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Spanish
1 entries- tolerante adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Swedish
1 entries- tolerant adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Ukrainian
1 entries- толера́нтний adj (tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
His parents are tolerant of his self-indulgence.
Source: tatoeba (287799)
He is tolerant in religious belief of others.
Source: tatoeba (292717)
He always appeared to be ready to discuss anything and was very tolerant.
Source: tatoeba (629475)
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