Tolerant means letting others be different without anger. A tolerant society, tolerant of noise, remarkably tolerant.
The construction is tolerant of. It means putting up with rather than approving, which is why some prefer accepting for the warmer idea. In plants and materials it means able to survive something: drought-tolerant, heat-tolerant, and that use is entirely technical. Note tolerance and tolerate; intolerant, which is also a medical term — lactose intolerant; and that tolerance has limits, which is the whole of the argument about it.
1adjectivetolerantLetting others be different without anger.
“It is a tolerant place and it took about two centuries to become one.”
synonyms: open-minded, broad-minded
2adjectiveableAble to survive a difficult condition.
“Everything in that bed is drought-tolerant and it still needs watering.”
tolerant is a quality of acceptance.
Also accepted in games: open-minded
Latin tolerans comes from tolerare, to bear or endure. The word describes bearing something rather than welcoming it, which is a distinction worth keeping when the word is used as praise.
Latin
tolerans
French
tolérant
English, today
tolerant
Built from
Either French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (“to endure”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA