Definitions for tolerable

tolerable tol·er·a·ble

Spelling: [tol-er-uh-buh l]
IPA: /ˈtɒl ər ə bəl/

Tolerable is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 359 anagrams from letters in tolerable (abeellort).

Definitions for tolerable

adjective

  1. capable of being tolerated; endurable:
  2. fairly good; not bad.
  3. Informal. in fair health.

Origin of tolerable

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin tolerābilis, equivalent to tolerā(re) to endure + -bilis -ble

Examples for tolerable

All that would be tolerable if he were an arrogant jerk, or just plain dumb.

There are some tolerable offerings out there, but nothing much that moves the needle on the “ooh” meter.

What is typically omitted from this story for the sake of a tolerable holiday celebration is a little historical context.

At a pitch I could be a tolerable road-sweeper or an inefficient gardener or even a tenth-rate farm hand.

Will Ferrell, in all his green-suited glory, and a tolerable Zooey Deschanel changed our lives ten years ago.

And how, my dear, can one report it with any tolerable advantage to you?

Yet once established in the trenches, life was tolerable enough.

"Mr. Langdon has a tolerable idea of what I think," answered Porter.

And as when soldiers are numerous, there will be not a few who are only tolerable, if even that, so of critics.

Pray, have they tolerable accommodations at the inn in this village?

Word Value for tolerable
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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