tolerable

/ˈtɑlərəbəl/

/ˈtɒlərəbəl/

Something that's tolerable is something you're able to live with. The best thing you can say about sleeping in a tent with your younger siblings might be that it's tolerable.

If you can tolerate something, or put up with it, it's tolerable. You can also use this adjective to mean "good enough" or "adequate." If your waiter asks how your meal is and you answer, "The pizza is tolerable," you're not giving a rave review; you're basically saying, "It's average" or "It's edible, but nothing special." Tolerable comes from the Latin tolerabilis, "that may be endured."

Definitions of tolerable

1. adjective

   capable of being borne or endured
   “the climate is at least tolerable”

   synonyms:

   allowable, allowed, permissible

   that may be permitted especially as according to rule

   bearable, endurable, sufferable, supportable

   capable of being borne though unpleasant

   resistant, tolerant

   able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress

   antonyms:

   intolerable

   incapable of being put up with

   impermissible

   not permitted

   bitter

   very difficult to accept or bear

   impossible, insufferable, unacceptable, unsufferable

   extremely unpleasant or annoying (of persons or their behavior)

   unsupportable

   not able to be supported or defended
2. adjective

   about average; acceptable
   synonyms: adequate, fair to middling, passable

   satisfactory

   giving satisfaction