Need another word that means the same as “tolerable”? Find 18 synonyms and 30 related words for “tolerable” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Tolerable” are: adequate, fair to middling, passable, bearable, endurable, sufferable, supportable, all right, acceptable, good enough, sufficient, satisfactory, not bad, average, fair, decent, respectable, presentable
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tolerable” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| acceptable | Able to be tolerated or allowed. Performances varied from acceptable to excellent. |
| adequate | Having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task. She was adequate to the job. |
| all right | Quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class. |
| average | Relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values. A novel of average merit. |
| bearable | Able to be endured. Things to make life in the tropics more bearable. |
| decent | Decently clothed. There s a few decent players in the team. |
| endurable | Able to be endured; bearable. My journey was long but endurable. |
| fair | Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules. By fair means or foul. |
| fair to middling | Attractively feminine. |
| good enough | Appealing to the mind. |
| not bad | Physically unsound or diseased. |
| passable | Just good enough to be acceptable; satisfactory. The road was passable with care. |
| presentable | Fit to be seen. I did my best to make myself look presentable. |
| respectable | Deserving of esteem and respect. All respectable companies give guarantees. |
| satisfactory | Meeting requirements. Satisfactory living conditions. |
| sufferable | Capable of being borne though unpleasant. Sufferable punishment. |
| sufficient | Of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant. Sufficient food. |
| supportable | Capable of being borne though unpleasant. |
| acceptable | Moderately good; satisfactory. Some coffee would be most acceptable. |
| adequate | Having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task. The food was adequate. |
| allow | Allow or plan for a certain possibility concede the truth or validity of something. This short story allows of several different interpretations. |
| alright | In a satisfactory or adequate manner alright is a nonstandard variant of all right. |
| bear | Be called by (a name or title. She is bearing his child. |
| bearable | Able to be endured. Things to make life in the tropics more bearable. |
| defiant | Showing defiance. A defiant attitude. |
| endurable | Able to be endured; bearable. My journey was long but endurable. |
| endure | Persist for a specified period of time. These cities have endured through time. |
| forbear | Refrain from doing. Rebecca could not forbear a smile. |
| forbearance | A delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting. His unfailing courtesy and forbearance under great provocation. |
| generous | Not petty in character and mind. A generous helping of pasta. |
| incombustible | (especially of a building material or component) consisting or made of material that does not burn if exposed to fire. An incombustible floor construction. |
| largesse | Money or gifts given generously. The distribution of largesse to the local population. |
| leniency | Lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers. The court could show leniency. |
| nonflammable | Impossible to ignite. |
| okay | In a satisfactory or adequate manner; (`alright’ is a nonstandard variant of `all right. She ll do okay on her own. |
| passable | (of a route or road) clear of obstacles and able to be travelled on. The road was passable with care. |
| patience | Any of various forms of card game for one player, the object of which is to use up all one’s cards by forming particular arrangements and sequences. I have run out of patience with her. |
| patient | Able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious. A patient smile. |
| penicillin | A blue mould of a type that produces penicillin. Penicillins and cephalosporins. |
| permissible | That may be permitted especially as according to rule. Permissible behavior in school. |
| resistant | Able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress. Plastic highly resistant to steam and water. |
| satisfactory | Giving satisfaction. The step makes a satisfactory seat. |
| stand | Be standing be upright. Small stable boats that could stand the punishment of heavy seas. |
| sufferance | A disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations. Charles was only here on sufferance. |
| tolerance | A disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior. The body s tolerance to Ecstasy builds up very quickly. |
| toleration | The practice of tolerating something, in particular differences of opinion or behaviour. All people should practice toleration and live together in peace. |
| unobjectionable | Not objectionable; acceptable. The bail conditions were unobjectionable as far as he was concerned. |
| yes | An affirmative. I was hoping for a yes. |
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