adj
Meaning 1
Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
intolerant
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
General-American: /ɪnˈtɑləɹənt/
-
Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɒləɹənt/
-
US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T AA1 L ER0 AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Unable to digest food or be given substances of a certain composition without adverse effects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: often, postpositional
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- Near-synonym: allergic
- I am intolerant of lactose, so I can't drink milk
- I am lactose-intolerant, so I can't drink milk.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: allergic
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas; indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bigoted
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
One who is intolerant; a bigot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: tolerant
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
narrow-minded about cherished opinions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: illiberal
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
First attested in the first half of the 18th century; either borrowed from French intolérant (early 17th century) or from its source, Latin intolerāns. By surface analysis, in- + tolerant (itself only attested from the 1780s).
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: dözümsüz — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- Bulgarian: нетърпи́м (netǎrpím) — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- Catalan: intolerant — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- Dutch: intolerant — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- Esperanto: netolerema — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- French: intolérant — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- Georgian: არატოლერანტული (araṭoleranṭuli) — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- German: unduldsam — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- German: intolerant — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- Hindi: असहनशील (ashanśīl) — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- Hungarian: érzékeny — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- Indonesian: intoleran — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- Irish: éadulangach — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- Plautdietsch: onjeduldich — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- Polish: nietolerujący — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- Russian: нетерпи́мый (neterpímyj) — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- Spanish: intolerante — unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear
- Bulgarian: нетърпи́м (netǎrpím) — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Catalan: intolerant — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Czech: nesnášenlivý — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Czech: netolerantní — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Dutch: onverdraagzaam — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Dutch: intolerant — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Finnish: suvaitsematon — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- French: intolérant — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- German: intolerant — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Hindi: असहिष्णु (ashiṣṇu) — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Hungarian: intoleráns — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Hungarian: türelmetlen — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Indonesian: intoleran — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Irish: éadulangach — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Māori: kiripiro — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Polish: nietolerancyjny — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Russian: нетерпи́мый (neterpímyj) — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Russian: нетолера́нтный (netolerántnyj) — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Spanish: intolerante — not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas
- Spanish: intolerante — Translations