tolerable
adjEtymology
Inherited from Middle English tolerable, borrowed from Middle French tolerable, from Latin tolerābilis.
- derived from tolerābilis
- derived from tolerable
- inherited from tolerable
Definitions
Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured
Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.
Moderate in degree
Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so.
- A cabled despatch is better than nothing, but a voicecast of tolerable quality is preferable, and in certain types of story a voicecast with live or recorded actuality is best of all.
Such as to be tolerated or countenanced
Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable.
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In fair health
In fair health; passably well.
tolerably
tolerably; passably; moderately.
The neighborhood
- synonymabideable
- synonymbearable
- synonymendurable
- synonymlivable
- synonymportable
- synonymsufferable
- synonymsupportable
- synonymsurvivable
- synonymtolerable
- synonymwithstandable
- antonyminsufferable
- antonyminsupportable
- antonymintolerable
- antonymnonsurvivable
- antonymnontolerable
- antonymunabideable
- antonymunbearable
- antonymunendurable
- antonymunlivable
- antonymunopposable
- antonymunsufferable
- antonymunsupportable
- neighbortolerance
- neighbortolerant
- neighbortolerate
- neighborlasting
- neighborhabitable
- neighborinhabitable
Derived
intolerable, tolerability, tolerableness, tolerablish, tolerably
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at tolerable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at tolerable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at tolerable
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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