Meaning & use
Tolerant
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Willing to accept feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from one's own.
See it in a sentence
She raised her children to be tolerant of people from different backgrounds.
The plant is remarkably tolerant of drought conditions.
A note on using this word
Can describe both social attitudes toward people and a physical capacity to withstand something, as in 'heat-tolerant.'
Words with a similar meaning
acceptingopen-mindedbroad-minded
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Words with an opposite meaning
intolerantnarrow-minded
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