tolerable
advEtymology Inherited from Middle English tolerable, borrowed from Middle French tolerable, from Latin tolerābilis.
1
Dialectal tolerably; passably; moderately.
tolerable
adjUS /ˈtɑləɹəbl̩/ · UK /ˈtɒləɹəbl̩/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English tolerable, borrowed from Middle French tolerable, from Latin tolerābilis.
1
Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.
2
Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so.
- A cabled despatch is better than nothing, but a voicecast of tolerable quality is preferable, and in certain types of story a voicecast with live or recorded actuality is best of all.1964, European Broadcasting Union, EBU Review: Programmes, Administration, Law, volume 83, page 22:
3
Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable.
4
In fair health; passably well.
- Synonyms
- abideable, bearable, endurable, livable, portable, sufferable, supportable, survivable, tolerable, withstandable
- Antonyms
- insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, nonsurvivable, nontolerable, unabideable, unbearable, unendurable, unlivable, unopposable, unsufferable, unsupportable, unsurvivable, untolerable, unwithstandable
- Derived terms
- biotolerable, immunotolerable, intolerable, tolerability, tolerableness, tolerablish, tolerably, untolerable
- Hyponyms
- habitable, inhabitable