NOUN | attribute | tolerance | the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions |
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attribute | tolerance, permissiveness | a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior | |
act | tolerance | the act of tolerating something | |
cognition | tolerance | willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others | |
attribute | tolerance, allowance, leeway, margin | a permissible / permissible difference |
Sounds | taa'lerahns | |
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Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... |
Meaning | The power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions. | |
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Narrower | capacity | tolerance for alcohol |
Broader | endurance | The power to withstand hardship or stress / stress |
Spanish | tolerancia |
Meaning | A disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior. | |
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Synonym | permissiveness | |
Attributes | permissive | granting or inclined or able to grant permission |
unpermissive | not inclined to grant permission | |
Narrower | indulgence, lenience, leniency | A disposition to yield to the wishes of someone |
overtolerance | Too much permissiveness | |
toleration, acceptance, sufferance | A disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations | |
Broader | disposition, temperament | Your usual / usual mood |
Opposite | unpermissiveness, restrictiveness | A lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits |
Spanish | permisividad, tolerancia | |
Catalan | permissivitat, tolerància |
Meaning | The act of tolerating something. | |
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Narrower | lenience, leniency | Lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers |
Broader | allowance | The act of allowing |
Spanish | tolerancia | |
Catalan | tolerància | |
Verbs | tolerate | put up with something or somebody unpleasant |
Meaning | willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others. | |
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Narrower | broad-mindedness | An inclination to tolerate or overlook opposing or shocking opinions or behavior |
disinterest, neutrality | tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement | |
liberality, liberalness | An inclination to favor / favor progress and individual freedom | |
Broader | attitude, mental attitude | A complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways / ways |
Opposite | intolerance | unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs |
Spanish | tolerancia | |
Catalan | tolerància | |
Adjectives | tolerant | showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others |
Meaning | A permissible / permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits. | |
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Synonyms | allowance, leeway, margin | |
Broader | discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance | A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions |
Spanish | margen | |
Catalan | marge |
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