Thesaurus:tolerate

Thesaurus

tolerate

English

Verb

Sense: to allow something unpleasant to exist or occur

Synonyms

• abear
• abide
• aby (British dialect)
• accept
• allow
• bear    [⇒ thesaurus]
• bide (dialect)
• brook
• dree (British dialect)
• endure
• forbear
• go along with
• live with
• pass
• pocket
• pouch
• put up with
• stand
• stick    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stomach
• suffer    [⇒ thesaurus]
• swallow
• take    [⇒ thesaurus]
• take sitting down (idiomatic)
• thole (British dialect)
• tolerate
• undergang (British dialect)
• undergo

Antonyms

• chafe
• discriminate
• lose one's temper    [⇒ thesaurus]
• prohibit    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rage    [⇒ thesaurus]
• snap    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• acquiesce    [⇒ thesaurus]
• agree to disagree

Further reading

• “826. inexcitability” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “740. lenity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “tolerate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.