What does tolerance mean?

tolerance means "the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tolerance?

tolerance has 3 syllables: to-le-rance. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˈtɑlɚəns/.

What is another word for tolerance?

Close synonyms include permissiveness, allowance, leeway, margin. 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 tolerance?

The recorded antonyms are intolerance.

Is tolerance a common word?

tolerance is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 tolerance?

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

tolerance — meaning, pronunciation and 5 definitions

noun

5 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
Broaderendurance
Narrowercapacity
2.
a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
Synonymspermissiveness
Broaderdisposition
Narrowertoleration indulgence overtolerance
3.
the act of tolerating something
Broaderallowance
Narrowerlenience
4.
willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others
Antonymsintolerance
Broaderattitude
Narrowerbroad-mindedness liberality disinterest
5.
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
Synonymsallowance leeway margin
Broaderdiscrepancy

Other forms of tolerance

plural: tolerances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tolerance

What does tolerance mean?: tolerance means "the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in tolerance?: tolerance has 3 syllables: to-le-rance. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˈtɑlɚəns/.
What is another word for tolerance?: Close synonyms include permissiveness, allowance, leeway, margin. 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 tolerance?: The recorded antonyms are intolerance.
Is tolerance a common word?: tolerance is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 tolerance?: 1 word rhymes with tolerance. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for tolerance come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

5 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
Broaderendurance
Narrowercapacity
2.
a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
Synonymspermissiveness
Broaderdisposition
Narrowertoleration indulgence overtolerance
3.
the act of tolerating something
Broaderallowance
Narrowerlenience
4.
willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others
Antonymsintolerance
Broaderattitude
Narrowerbroad-mindedness liberality disinterest
5.
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
Synonymsallowance leeway margin
Broaderdiscrepancy

Other forms of tolerance

plural: tolerances·

Questions about tolerance

What does tolerance mean?: tolerance means "the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in tolerance?: tolerance has 3 syllables: to-le-rance. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˈtɑlɚəns/.
What is another word for tolerance?: Close synonyms include permissiveness, allowance, leeway, margin. 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 tolerance?: The recorded antonyms are intolerance.
Is tolerance a common word?: tolerance is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 tolerance?: 1 word rhymes with tolerance. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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