Synonyms of tolerance

tolerance

noun

ˈtä-lə-rən(t)s 

as in patience

the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining

showed great tolerance in dealing with the child's tantrums

Synonyms & Similar Words

• patience
• forbearance
• sufferance
• willingness
• acquiescence
• long-suffering
• discipline
• subordination
• resignation
• passivity
• docility
• compliance
• obedience
• passiveness
• conformism
• tractability
• submissiveness
• submission
• self-control
• amenability

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• impatience
• resistance
• defiance
• disobedience
• insubordination
• willfulness
• recalcitrance
• intractability
• contrariness

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of tolerance

The decision came in line with economists’ expectation in a Reuters poll, as India’s consumer prices inflation surged to a 14-month high of 6.21% in October, significantly higher than the central bank’s target of 4% and also above its tolerance ceiling of 6%. —Anniek Bao, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024

Mindset Influence: Practicing breath holds improves your willpower and tolerance for uncertainty. —Joseph Sudhip, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024

In recent history, Capitol Hill has had little tolerance for racial or homophobic slurs. —Samantha Riedel, Them, 6 Dec. 2024

But these suspicions point to ongoing uncertainty about the limits of state tolerance for citizen control over media piracy, which in Cuba, means controlling distribution. —Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made By History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024