Synonyms for tolerance
Most common
toleration forbearance sufferance endurance allowance leeway
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Toleration — the ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices…
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.
Near-synonym: forbearance
- n. 2
The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.
Related words
- Word family
- tolerability tolerable tolerant tolerate toleration
Forms
- Plural
- tolerances → tolerations, forbearances, sufferances, endurances…
Example sentences
- endurance You need great endurance to run ten thousand meters.
- toleration There is no question of toleration.
- forbearance Do not mistake patience for forbearance.
- leeway The ship had too much leeway and drifted off course.
- permissiveness That's all a result of permissiveness and failure to punish.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tolerance | steady | |
| endurance | steady | |
| toleration | steady | |
| forbearance | rising | |
| leeway | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- margin2, leeway2
- 7 letters
- charity3
- 9 letters
- allowance3, endurance3
- 10 letters
- toleration4, sufferance
- 11 letters
- forbearance3
- 14 letters
- permissiveness4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (margin2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- tolérance
- Italiano
- tolleranza
- Español
- tolerancia
- Deutsch
- Toleranz