Main entry: tolerant
Definition: showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others
Antonyms: intolerant
Definition: unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
Main entry: patient of, tolerant
Definition: showing the capacity for endurance
Usage: injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving; a man patient of distractions
Antonyms: impatient
Definition: restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
Main entry: broad, liberal, large-minded, tolerant
Definition: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
Usage: a broad political stance; generous and broad sympathies; a liberal newspaper; tolerant of his opponent's opinions
Antonyms: narrow, narrow-minded
Definition: lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
Main entry: kind, tolerant
Definition: tolerant and forgiving under provocation
Usage: our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke
Antonyms: unforgiving
Definition: unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy
Main entry: tolerant, resistant
Definition: able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress
Usage: the plant is tolerant of saltwater; these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided; the new hybrid is more resistant to drought
Antonyms: unbearable, unendurable, intolerable
Definition: incapable of being put up with