tolerable

[tol-er-uh-buhl] / ˈtɒl ər ə bəl /

ADJECTIVE

acceptable, good enough

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adequate allowable bearable decent livable presentable respectable satisfactory sufficient sustainable

WEAK

all right average better than nothing common endurable fair fair to middling fairly good goodish indifferent mediocre middling not bad okay ordinary passable run-of-the-mill so-so sufferable supportable tidy unexceptionable unexceptional unimpeachable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inadequate insufficient intolerable poor unacceptable unbearable unfit unrespectable unsuitable

WEAK

bad

Example Sentences

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Only you can assess whether that risk is tolerable.

From MarketWatch

Oatmeal cake was a tolerable idea, but the possibility of kipper cake made them gag.

From Literature

Spending a night or two outdoors in a securely pitched tent was a tolerable idea, but thunder?

From Literature

This compares with one in 95,435 for the section with a tolerable risk, where the rockface is set much further back from the path.

From BBC

Air travel in the US will return to a somewhat tolerable normal.

From BBC