Tolerable \Tol"er*a*ble\, a. [L. tolerabilis: cf. F.
tol['e]rable. See Tolerate.]
1. Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either
physically or mentally.
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As may affect the earth with cold and heat
Scarce tolerable. --Milton.
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2. Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very
excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or
received without disgust, resentment, or opposition;
passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable
entertainment; a tolerable translation. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tolerable
adj 1: able to be tolerated or endured; "the climate is at least
tolerable" [ant: intolerable]
2: neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a
gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the
office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only
so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable
working knowledge of French" [syn: indifferent, passable,
so-so(p)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "tolerable":
OK, acceptable, adequate, admissible, all right, allowable,
average, bearable, better than nothing, betwixt and between,
common, decent, dull, endurable, fair, fair to middling, fairish,
good enough, goodish, indifferent, insipid, lackluster, livable,
mediocre, medium, middling, moderate, modest, namby-pamby,
not amiss, not bad, not half bad, not so bad, of a kind, of a sort,
of sorts, okay, ordinary, passable, presentable, pretty good,
respectable, run-of-the-mill, satisfactory, so so, so-so,
sufferable, sufficient, supportable, sustainable, tedious, tidy,
unexceptionable, unexceptional, unimpeachable, unobjectionable,
vapid, wishy-washy, workmanlike
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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