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tolerable

adjective

  1. =  bearable, acceptable, allowable, supportable, endurable, sufferable • He described their living conditions as tolerable.
    opposites: unacceptable, intolerable, unbearable, insufferable, unendurable
  2. (informal)=  fair, O.K. or okay (informal), middling, average, all right, ordinary, acceptable, reasonable, good enough, adequate, indifferent, not bad (informal), mediocre, so-so (informal), run-of-the-mill, passable, unexceptional, fairly good, fair to middling • Is there anywhere tolerable to eat in town?
    opposites: bad, awful, dreadful, rotten

'tolerable' in Other Languages

  • British English: tolerable If you describe something as tolerable, you mean that you can bear it, even though it is unpleasant or painful. ADJECTIVEOur living conditions are tolerable, but I can't wait to leave.
  • Brazilian Portuguese: tolerável
  • Chinese: 可忍受的
  • European Spanish: soportable
  • French: tolérable
  • German: erträglich
  • Italian: tollerabile
  • Japanese: 耐えられる
  • Korean: 견딜 만한
  • Portuguese: tolerável
  • Spanish: tolerable

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