Synonyms of tolerating

tolerating 1 of 2

adjective

as in resigned

receiving or enduring without offering resistance

old pictures of a graciously tolerating father letting his young children climb all over him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• resigned
• tolerant
• obedient
• passive
• acquiescent
• willing
• yielding
• nonresistant
• complying
• forbearing
• patient
• unresistant
• surrendering
• subordinate
• stoic
• compliant
• docile
• uncomplaining
• long-suffering
• conformist
• submissive
• tractable
• amenable
• conformable
• pliant
• amiable
• impassive
• pliable
• manageable
• obliging
• agreeable
• unresponsive
• subservient
• slavish
• uncaring
• law-abiding
• obeisant
• guidable
• apathetic
• disciplined
• governable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resistant
• resisting
• protesting
• defiant
• unyielding
• contrary
• refractory
• uncontrollable
• rebellious
• recalcitrant
• intractable
• unruly
• disobedient
• mutinous
• contumacious
• insubordinate
• insurgent
• restive
• untoward
• wayward
• perverse
• ungovernable
• willful
• wrongheaded
• balky
• headstrong
• indomitable
• unmanageable
• incompliant
• froward
• undisciplined
• dissident
• nonconformist

tolerating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of tolerate

1

as in letting

to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference

my boss simply doesn't tolerate tardiness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• letting
• ignoring
• allowing
• permitting
• suffering
• condoning
• disregarding
• putting up with
• forgiving
• excusing
• overlooking
• indulging
• brushing (aside or off)
• pardoning
• winking (at)
• humoring
• catering (to)
• giving in (to)
• shrugging off
• brooking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preventing
• blocking
• prohibiting
• barring
• forbidding
• constraining
• inhibiting
• discouraging
• interfering (with)
• curbing
• impeding
• deterring
• frustrating
• holding back

2

as in accepting

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

suffering a terrible headache, the poor woman couldn't tolerate all the noise the neighbors were making

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accepting
• standing
• enduring
• handling
• taking
• sustaining
• bearing
• stomaching
• swallowing
• absorbing
• supporting
• wearing
• abiding
• countenancing
• meeting
• hacking
• living with
• pocketing
• going
• sticking out
• standing for
• biding
• suffering
• brooking
• lumping (it)
• allowing
• permitting
• sweating out
• toughing it out
• respecting
• acquiescing
• reconciling (to)
• capitulating
• submitting (to)
• yielding (to)
• agreeing (with or to)
• consenting (to)
• assenting (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• rejecting
• dismissing
• declining
• resisting
• fighting
• opposing
• repudiating
• combating
• avoiding
• contesting
• turning down
• missing
• escaping
• spurning
• evading
• circumventing
• bypassing
• dodging
• eluding
• refraining (from)
• abstaining (from)
• forbearing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tolerating

Verb

Egyptian authorities alternated over the decades between tolerating and repressing the group, which was permitted to field candidates in elections for brief periods. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

The next era of leadership is not about tolerating relentless pressure. — J.k. Dickinson, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

His warning was meant for American eyes and ears at least as much — if not more so — than for the government in Jerusalem that until now has encouraged the hoodlums by tolerating their violence. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026

Furthermore, relationships themselves teach basic psychological capacities such as regulating emotions, tolerating disappointment, and negotiating differences—skills which therapy is supposed to cultivate. — David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026

Either way, civilizationism would prescribe a more consistent strategy of military withdrawal from the region, a tack tantamount to tolerating Chinese hegemony in its sphere. — Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026

Native to a wide variety of habitats throughout the South and beyond, this broadleaf evergreen is incredibly adaptable—tolerating salt, wind, heat, humidity, and wet soils. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2026

What Premier League clubs have shifted away from is — and apologies for the bluntness here — tolerating goalkeepers who aren’t good enough at saving shots. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

As the latest chapter in the epic British-American poem known as Fleetwood Mac,Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks are back to tolerating each other’s nonsense in a sexy way. — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026