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   tolerable

   /ˈtɒl(ə)rəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. able to be endured: "a stimulant to make life more tolerable" Similar bearableendurablesufferablesupportablebrookableadmissiblemanageablepardonableexcusableforgivableOpposite intolerable
   • ▪ fairly good; mediocre: "he was fond of music and had a tolerable voice" Similar fairly goodpassableadequateall rightacceptablegood enoughsufficiently goodsufficientsatisfactorymoderately goodnot (too) badaveragefairdecentrespectablepresentableadmissibleallowablemediocremiddlingordinaryrun-of-the-millworkadayindifferentunremarkableundistinguishedunexceptionalamateuramateurishinformal:OKso-sofair-to-middlingnothing to write home aboutno great shakesnot up to muchnot much copbog-standardvanillaplain vanillahalf-pieOpposite unacceptableexceptionalappalling

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin tolerabilis, from tolerare (see tolerate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. tolerability noun
   • 2. tolerably adverb
   • 3. tolerableness noun

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