Tolerable synonyms

tŏl'ər-ə-bəl

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sufferable
That can be suffered, endured, or allowed
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sustainable
Designating, of, or characterized by a practice that sustains a given condition, as economic growth, or a human population without destroying or depleting natural resources, polluting the environment, etc.
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endurable
Able to be endured; tolerable; bearable.
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fairly good
Passable
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adequate
Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition lawfully and physically sufficient.
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mediocre
Of ordinary or undistinguished quality.
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average
Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
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bearable (related)
Capable of being endured:
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common (related)
Unrefined or coarse in manner; vulgar:
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poor (related)
Negative, unfavorable, or disapproving:
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acceptable
Adequate to satisfy a need, requirement, or standard; satisfactory:
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decent
(--- Informal) Properly or modestly dressed:
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fair
The definition of fair is someone or something that is light in color, attractive, honest or clear and sunny.
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livable
Suitable to live in; habitable:
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ordinary
Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane (often deprecatory).
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passable
Satisfactory or barely satisfactory for the purpose; adequate
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permitted
Passable
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satisfactory
Giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement; adequate.
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so-so
Alternative spelling of so-so.
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soso
Passable
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sufficient
The definition of sufficient is enough or as much as is needed.
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bad (antonym)
(Of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
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intolerable (antonym)
Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable.
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unacceptable (antonym)
(Linguistics) not conforming to accepted usage
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unbearable (antonym)
That cannot be endured or tolerated
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all right
Good; in acceptable, if not excellent condition.
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fairish
(Of hair) Somewhat fair
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goodish
Considerable; goodly.
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moderate
Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme:
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respectable
Of moderately good quality:
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ok
In good health or a good emotional state
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tidy
Rather large; considerable
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continue (related)
Capable of being tolerated
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good (related)
Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.
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fair-to-middling
Alternative form of fair to middling.
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palatable (related)
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Tolerable Sentence Examples

  • The crushing emotions from yesterday were more tolerable today.

  • Though stripped of her empire, Athens obtained very tolerable terms from her enemies.

  • (At Oxford and Cambridge many fellowships are now awarded on the results of examination; it is sometimes stated, in defence of this system, that young men cannot be expected to carry out research in classics or philosophy.) On the other hand, the defenders of examinations reply that (xiii.) examinations are necessary in order to test the efficiency of schools to which grants of public money are given (this argument has become somewhat out of date owing to the recent substitution of " inspection " for examination as a test of the efficiency of schools; a combination of inspection and examination is also sometimes used); (xiv.) they serve as a necessary incentive to steady and concentrated work 1 (the reply made to this is that the incentive is a bad one, and that with efficient teachers it is unnecessary); (xv.) they show both student and teacher where they have failed (unnecessary for efficient teachers); (xvi.) though possibly harmful to the highest class of men, they are good for the mass (reply: no system which damages the highest class of men is tolerable); (xvii.) they are indispensable as an impartial means of selecting men for the civil service; (xviii.) in a difficult examination like the first class civil service examination the qualities of quickness of comprehension, industry, concentration, power of rapidly passing 1 The Oxford commissioners of 1852 reported that " the examinations have become the chief instruments not only for testing the proficiency of the students but also for stimulating and directing the studies of the place " (Report, p. 61).

  • inland the country is tolerable for Europeans.

  • There is a tolerable harbour, with a considerable fishing industry.

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