tolerate

Other forms of tolerate

past tense

tolerated·

present participle

tolerating·

third person

tolerates·

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 tolerate

What does tolerate mean?

tolerate means "put up with something or somebody unpleasant". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tolerate?

tolerate has 3 syllables: to-le-rate. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˈtɑlɚˌeɪt/.

What is another word for tolerate?

Close synonyms include digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear. 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.

Is tolerate a common word?

tolerate is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 tolerate?

95 words rhyme with tolerate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.