tolerable

/ˈtɑləɹəbl̩/

adj 4adv 1

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

be | become | make sth

find sth

After trying the new restaurant, we found the food and service quite tolerable for the price.

ADV

very | perfectly

barely, scarcely

The noise from the construction site was scarcely tolerable during our morning meetings.

fairly, quite

Definitions

adj

Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.

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.

Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable.

In fair health; passably well.

adv

tolerably; passably; moderately.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — about average

Antonyms

intolerable
unbearable
unendurable

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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.

Wiktionary

His arrogance is no longer tolerable.

Tatoeba · #285637

I found the light to be no less tolerable than with it on.

Tatoeba · #620902

All sorrows should be tolerable, even if they are great.

Tatoeba · #1105928

For years I have been struggling to reduce the sloppiness in our office to a tolerable minimum.

Tatoeba · #1578731

It's more than tolerable!

Tatoeba · #2420480

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