Synonyms for tolerate
ˈtɒl əˌreɪttol·er·ate

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1. tolerateverb

   Synonyms:
   brookEtymology 2, live with, put up with, allow, bear, endure

2. tolerateverb

   To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.

   Synonyms:
   allow, put up with, live with, brookEtymology 2, endure, bear

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1. tolerate

   To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

   Synonyms:
   abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, wait, watch

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

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1. tolerate

   Synonyms:
   suffer, allow, permit, admit, bear, endure

   Antonyms:
   repel, disallow, prohibit, repudiate, reject, resist

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1. digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put upverb

   put up with something or somebody unpleasant

   "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

   Synonyms:
   bide, project, ache, hold out, run, endure, affirm, underpin, carry, stand up, assume, have, hold, last, sustain, confirm, fend, stay, weather, take over, go, jut, endorse, jut out, turn out, digest, deport, prevail, comport, set up, behave, die hard, pay, jump out, remain firm, offer, deliver, indorse, hurt, abide, condense, raise, fend for, back up, stomach, birth, patronage, stand out, live, contribute, stick out, meet, brook, expect, patronize, suffer, concentrate, protrude, acquit, substantiate, brave out, survive, domiciliate, get, put forward, stand, can, post, plunk for, persist, live on, have a bun in the oven, give birth, back, jump, allow, rear, lose, place upright, wear, house, contain, leap out, bear, patronise, subscribe, hold up, corroborate, provide, erect, defend, brave, put up, tin, keep going, accept, bear out, support, resist, plump for, nominate, yield, gestate, permit, conduct

2. tolerateverb

   recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others)

   "We must tolerate the religions of others"

   Synonyms:
   permit, suffer, allow, brook, abide, stomach, endure, stand, support, put up, digest, stick out, bear

3. tolerateverb

   have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition

   "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

   Synonyms:
   permit, suffer, allow, brook, abide, stomach, endure, stand, support, put up, digest, stick out, bear

4. allow, permit, tolerateverb

   allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

   "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"

   Synonyms:
   admit, put up, grant, set aside, stand, appropriate, abide, support, let, digest, suffer, brook, bear, give up, stick out, reserve, countenance, permit, provide, endure, leave, allow, stomach, take into account, allow for, earmark

Matched Categories

1. • Medicine
   • Permit
   • Respect
   • Suffer

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1. tolerateverb

   Synonyms:
   permit (as something unpleasant), allow, admit, indulge, receive

2. tolerateverb

   Synonyms:
   suffer, endure, abide, brook, put up with, bear with, take patiently or easily

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1. tolerateverb

   Synonyms:
   endure, suffer, brook, allow, permit, admit

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1. List of paraphrases for "tolerate":

   condone, tolerance, accept, countenance, allow, tolerated, endure

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1. Jessica Sisto:

   I hope there will be more awareness about the work that is left to do for women's rights and equality, i think there are so many women that don't even realize that things could be different for them. They just tolerate things like sexual harassment, or assume they just get paid less and that's just how it is. And it doesn't have to be that way.

2. Alexei Navalny:

   Life makes no sense if you have to tolerate endless lies. I will never accept this system, which is built on lies, i will not stop my fight against this junta.

3. Prime Minister Prayut:

   I feel for our children, youths and university students and I also share their parents' worries too. But there must be a vigilance about violations, I think people won't tolerate it and allow incident like this to happen again.

4. Eric Hoffer:

   The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbors as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant of others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   We have a lot of communities right now in our country where the levels of toxins in the water, including lead, are way above what anybody should tolerate, we have a higher rate of tested lead in people in Cleveland than in Flint. So I'm not satisfied with just doing everything we must do for Flint, I want to tackle this problem across the board.