| Main Entry: |
tolerable |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
acceptable, good enough |
Synonyms: |
adequate,
all right, allowable,
average, bearable, better than nothing,
common,
decent, endurable,
fair, fair to middling, fairly good, goodish,
indifferent, livable,
mediocre, middling, not bad,
okay*,
ordinary, passable, presentable,
respectable, run-of-the-mill,
satisfactory, so-so, sufferable,
sufficient, supportable, sustainable,
tidy, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unimpeachable
|
Antonyms: |
bad, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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