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Overview of adj tolerant

      »   The adj tolerant has 5 meanings (first 3 from tagged texts)

• tolerant -- (Showing1.) Screening, showing, viewing -- (the display of a motion picture)
  
  2.) Display, exhibit, showing -- (something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art")
  
  showing respect for the Rights1.) Right -- (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away")
  
  2.) Right -- ((frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights")
  
  rights or Opinions1.) Opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought -- (a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?")
  
  2.) Public opinion, popular opinion, opinion, vox populi -- (a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion")
  
  opinions or Practices1.) Practice, pattern -- (a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern")
  
  2.) Exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitation -- (systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect")
  
  practices of others)

• kind, tolerant -- (tolerant and Forgiving1.) Forgive -- (stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday")
  
  2.) Forgive -- (absolve from payment; "I forgive you your debt")
  
  forgiving under Provocation1.) Aggravation, irritation, provocation -- (unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment)
  
  2.) Incitement, incitation, provocation -- (something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action)
  
  provocation; "our Neighbor1.) Neighbor, neighbour -- (a person who lives (or is located) near another)
  
  2.) Neighbor, neighbour -- (a nearby object of the same kind; "Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas"; "what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?")
  
  neighbor was very Kind1.) Kind, sort, form, variety -- (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?")
  
  1.) Kind -- (having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter")
  
  kind about the Window1.) Window -- (a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air)
  
  2.) Window -- (a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened)
  
  window our Son1.) Son, boy -- (a male human offspring; "their son became a famous judge"; "his boy is taller than he is")
  
  2.) Son, Word, Logos -- (the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus))
  
  son broke")

• broad, large-minded, Liberal1.) Liberal, liberalist, progressive -- (a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties)
  
  2.) Liberal -- (a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets)
  
  liberal, tolerant -- (Showing1.) Screening, showing, viewing -- (the display of a motion picture)
  
  2.) Display, exhibit, showing -- (something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art")
  
  showing or Characterized1.) Qualify, characterize, characterise -- (describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover")
  
  2.) Characterize, characterise -- (be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?")
  
  characterized by broad-mindedness; "a Broad1.) Broad -- (slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch")
  
  1.) Wide, broad -- (having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river")
  
  broad political stance"; "Generous1.) Generous -- (willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation")
  
  2.) Generous -- (not petty in character and mind; "unusually generous in his judgment of people")
  
  generous and Broad1.) Broad -- (slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch")
  
  1.) Wide, broad -- (having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river")
  
  broad sympathies"; "a Liberal1.) Liberal, liberalist, progressive -- (a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties)
  
  2.) Liberal -- (a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets)
  
  liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions")

• tolerant, Resistant1.) Immune, resistant -- (relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection))
  
  2.) Tolerant, resistant -- (able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress; "the plant is tolerant of saltwater"; "these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided"; "the new hybrid is more resistant to drought")
  
  resistant -- (Able1.) Able -- ((usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; "able to swim"; "she was able to program her computer"; "we were at last able to buy a car"; "able to get a grant for the project")
  
  2.) Able, capable -- (have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable")
  
  able to Tolerate1.) Digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up -- (put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage")
  
  2.) Tolerate -- (recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others); "We must tolerate the religions of others")
  
  tolerate environmental Conditions1.) Condition, status -- (a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations")
  
  2.) Condition -- (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition")
  
  conditions or Physiological1.) Physiological -- (of or relating to the biological study of physiology; "physiological psychology"; "Pavlov's physiological theories")
  
  2.) Physiologic, physiological -- (of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning; "physiologic functions"; "physiological processes")
  
  physiological stress; "the Plant1.) Plant, works, industrial plant -- (buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles")
  
  2.) Plant, flora, plant life -- (a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
  
  plant is tolerant of saltwater"; "these Fish1.) Fish -- (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish")
  
  2.) Fish -- (the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish")
  
  fish are Quite1.) Quite, rather -- (to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich")
  
  2.) Quite -- (to the greatest extent; completely; "you're quite right"; "she was quite alone"; "was quite mistaken"; "quite the opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it")
  
  quite tolerant as Long1.) Hanker, long, yearn -- (desire strongly or persistently)
  
  1.) Long -- (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long")
  
  long as Extremes1.) Extreme -- (the furthest or highest degree of something; "he carried it to extremes")
  
  2.) Extreme point, extreme, extremum -- (the point located farthest from the middle of something)
  
  extremes of PH1.) PH, pH scale -- ((from potential of Hydrogen) the logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter; provides a measure on a scale from 0 to 14 of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution (where 7 is neutral and greater than 7 is more basic and less than 7 is more acidic);)
  
  pH are avoided"; "the New1.) New -- (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World")
  
  2.) New -- (other than the former one(s); different; "they now have a new leaders"; "my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it"; "ready to take a new direction")
  
  new hybrid is more Resistant1.) Immune, resistant -- (relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection))
  
  2.) Tolerant, resistant -- (able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress; "the plant is tolerant of saltwater"; "these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided"; "the new hybrid is more resistant to drought")
  
  resistant to drought")

• tolerant, Patient1.) Patient -- (a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly")
  
  2.) Affected role, patient role, patient -- (the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause)
  
  patient of -- (Showing1.) Screening, showing, viewing -- (the display of a motion picture)
  
  2.) Display, exhibit, showing -- (something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art")
  
  showing the Capacity1.) Capacity -- (ability to perform or produce)
  
  2.) Capability, capacity -- (the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment; "the capability of a metal to be fused")
  
  capacity for Endurance1.) Endurance -- (the power to withstand hardship or stress; "the marathon tests a runner's endurance")
  
  2.) Survival, endurance -- (a state of surviving; remaining alive)
  
  endurance; "injustice can Make1.) Brand, make -- (a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?")
  
  2.) Shuffle, shuffling, make -- (the act of mixing cards haphazardly)
  
  make us tolerant and forgiving"; "a Man1.) Man, adult male -- (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus")
  
  2.) Serviceman, military man, man, military personnel -- (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty")
  
  man patient of distractions")