Antonyms of noun tolerance
1 of 5 senses of tolerance
Sense 4
tolerance -- (willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others)
Antonym of intolerance (Sense 2)
=> intolerance -- (unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tolerance
5 senses of tolerance
Sense 1
tolerance -- (the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions)
=> endurance -- (the power to withstand hardship or stress; "the marathon tests a runner's endurance")
Sense 2
permissiveness, tolerance -- (a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior)
=> disposition, temperament -- (your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition")
Sense 3
tolerance -- (the act of tolerating something)
=> allowance -- (the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room")
Sense 4
tolerance -- (willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others)
=> attitude, mental attitude -- (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun")
Sense 5
allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance -- (a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits)
=> discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance -- (a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion")