Definition of tolerant - showing willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behaviour that one does not necessarily agree with, (of a plant, animal. Synonyms for tolerant at Thesaurus.com with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Find descriptive alternatives for tolerant.
• the act or capacity of enduring; endurance: My tolerance of noise is limited. • Medicine/Medical, Immunology.
• the power of enduring or resisting the action of a drug, poison, etc.: a tolerance to antibiotics. • the lack of or low levels of immune response to transplanted tissue or other foreign substance that is normally immunogenic.
• the permissible range of variation in a dimension of an object. • the permissible variation of an object or objects in some characteristic such as hardness, weight, or quantity.
• Also called. A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coin, owing to the difficulty of securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law. • Decreased responsiveness to a stimulus, especially over a period of continued exposure. • The capacity to absorb a drug continuously or in large doses without adverse effect; diminution in the response to a drug after prolonged use. • Physiological resistance to a poison.
• Acceptance of a tissue graft or transplant without immunological rejection. • Unresponsiveness to an antigen that normally produces an immunological reaction. • The ability of an organism to resist or survive infection by a parasitic or pathogenic organism.
Not being a knowledge of the whole truth it should be humble, tolerant, and eager to expand. It was nothing to her that the kindness took the form of tolerant patronage; she was used to that. The place was well known to tolerant and intellectual society. His large, tolerant intelligence was often as unorderly as his papers and accounts. 'People should at least study appearances,' the most tolerant women would say. He is sincere, and he is unassuming, a good friend, and a tolerant enemy. What I see is that in dealing with reality Mrs Fyne ceases to be tolerant.
What I see is that in dealing with reality Mrs. Fyne ceases to be tolerant. 'You are always making a fuss,' remarked Mr. Jones, in a tolerant tone.
They were tolerant from the first of the religions of other peoples.