tolerable

1. 1.

   capable of being borne or endured

   “the climate is at least tolerable”

   Antonymsintolerable

   Similarbearabletolerant
2. 2.

   about average; acceptable

   “more than adequate as a secretary”

   Synonymsadequatepassablefair to middling

   Similarsatisfactory

Questions about tolerable

What does tolerable mean?

tolerable means "capable of being borne or endured". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tolerable?

tolerable has 4 syllables: to-le-ra-ble. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˈtɑlɚəbəl/.

What is another word for tolerable?

Close synonyms include adequate, passable, fair to middling. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of tolerable?

The recorded antonyms are intolerable.

Is tolerable a common word?

tolerable is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tolerable?

1 word rhymes with tolerable. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.