Synonyms for tolerable
- adjective
Most common
passable reasonable decent acceptable endurable bearable withstandable
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Passable — moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so
passable, so-so informal, reasonable, decent, acceptable, satisfactory, adequate, fair, sufficient, average, mediocre, good enough, middling, not bad, not half bad, okay, ordinary, fair to meddling, moderate, indifferent, respectable, fine informal
2. Endurable — such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable
endurable, bearable, supportable, permissible, allowable, admissible, abideable, sufferable dated
3. Livable — capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable
livable US, liveable UK, withstandable
Definitions
- adj. 1
Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.
- adj. 2
Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so.
- adj. 3
Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable.
Related words
- Word family
- tolerability tolerableness tolerably tolerance tolerant tolerate
Example sentences
- reasonable If the price is reasonable, I want to buy the car.
- decent No decent human being could possibly believe this.
- acceptable It is sometimes acceptable to resort to violence.
- passable It's passable. Nothing out of the ordinary.
- bearable Chocolate makes Monday a little bit bearable.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tolerable | falling | |
| reasonable | falling | |
| decent | rising | |
| acceptable | falling | |
| passable | rising | |
| bearable | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fine1, okay2, fair1
- 6 letters
- decent2
- 7 letters
- average3, livable3
- 8 letters
- ordinary4, moderate3, adequate3, mediocre4, bearable3, passable3, middling3, liveable
- 9 letters
- allowable4, endurable, abideable
- 10 letters
- reasonable4, acceptable4, sufficient3, admissible4, sufferable
- 11 letters
- respectable4, indifferent3, permissible4, supportable4
- 12 letters
- satisfactory4
- 13 letters
- withstandable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (okay2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- tolérable
- Italiano
- tollerabile
- Español
- tolerable
- Català
- tolerable