Synonyms for intolerable
- adjective
Most common
unbearable insufferable unendurable insupportable impossible
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Unbearable — not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured
unbearable, insufferable, unendurable, insupportable, unacceptable, bad, unsupportable, hard, unsittable, unabideable
Other
impossible, grievous, arrant dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured.
Related words
- Word family
- intolerableness intolerably
Example sentences
- unbearable Darn it! That is unbearable, it itches everywhere.
- insufferable That insufferable asshole is the leader of the pack.
- impossible It'll be impossible to get a visa at short notice.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| intolerable | falling | |
| unbearable | rising | |
| insufferable | rising | |
| unendurable | rising | |
| insupportable | steady | |
| impossible | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- hard1
- 6 letters
- arrant2
- 8 letters
- grievous2
- 10 letters
- impossible4, unbearable4, unsittable
- 11 letters
- unendurable, unabideable
- 12 letters
- unacceptable5, insufferable5
- 13 letters
- insupportable5, unsupportable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (arrant2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- intolérable
- Italiano
- intollerabile
- Deutsch
- unerträglich