tolerable

[ tol-er-uh-buhl ]

/ ˈtɒl ər ə bəl /

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adjective

capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.

fairly good; not bad.

Informal. in fair health.

OTHER WORDS FOR tolerable

1 bearable, supportable.

2 passable, middling, indifferent, so-so.

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Origin of tolerable

1375–1425; late Middle English <Latin tolerābilis, equivalent to tolerā(re) to endure + -bilis-ble

OTHER WORDS FROM tolerable

tol·er·a·ble·ness, tol·er·a·bil·i·ty, nountol·er·a·bly, adverbnon·tol·er·a·ble, adjectivenon·tol·er·a·ble·ness, noun

non·tol·er·a·bly, adverbun·tol·er·a·ble, adjectiveun·tol·er·a·ble·ness, nounun·tol·er·a·bly, adverb

British Dictionary definitions for tolerable

tolerable

/ (ˈtɒlərəbəl) /

adjective

able to be tolerated; endurable

permissible

informal fairly good

Derived forms of tolerable

tolerableness or tolerability, nountolerably, adverb

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