tolerable
Barely good enough
Tolerable means bearable or acceptable, though not ideal.
Something tolerable can be endured without too much discomfort: The pain was tolerable with medication.
It also describes things that are adequate but unremarkable—passable, good enough: The food was tolerable, nothing more.
How are you feeling? —Tolerable.
Meeting minimum standards
- passableMinimally sufficient quality
- decentAcceptably good
- satisfactoryMeeting minimum requirements
- sufficientMeeting minimum requirements
reasonable · fair · good enough · serviceable · competent · all right · moderate · okay
Sanctioned by authority
- acceptableMeeting minimum standards
- admissibleAllowed to be considered
- permittedGranted leave to proceed
- sanctionedFormally approved or penalized
authorized · approved · legitimate · lawful · legal · licit · valid · unobjectionable
Able to be endured
- survivableCapable of being outlasted
- sufferableAble to be endured
- withstandableCapable of being endured
- livableFit for residence
supportable · sustainable · manageable · handleable · patience · endurance · threshold · fortitude
Not worthy of comment
- unexceptionalNot standing out
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- middlingOf moderate quality
- so-soIndifferently average quality
indifferent · uninspired · forgettable · lackluster · mundane · humdrum · nothing special · pedestrian
acceptable
Meeting minimum standards
- passableMinimally sufficient quality
- decentAcceptably good
- satisfactoryMeeting minimum requirements
sufficient · reasonable · fair · good enough · serviceable · competent · all right · moderate · okay · adequate
allowable
Sanctioned by authority
- acceptableMeeting minimum standards
- admissibleAllowed to be considered
- permittedGranted leave to proceed
sanctioned · authorized · approved · legitimate · lawful · legal · licit · valid · unobjectionable · warranted
bearable
Able to be endured
- survivableCapable of being outlasted
- sufferableAble to be endured
- withstandableCapable of being endured
livable · supportable · sustainable · manageable · handleable · patience · endurance · threshold · fortitude · resilience
unremarkable
Not worthy of comment
- unexceptionalNot standing out
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- middlingOf moderate quality
so-so · indifferent · uninspired · forgettable · lackluster · mundane · humdrum · nothing special · pedestrian · bland
- Danger Levelsdanger, high risk, high-risk, low risk, critical
- toxicity levelstoxic, nontoxic, lethal, safe, hazardous
- adequacyadequate, enough, sufficient, satisfactory, acceptable
- smallnesssmall, little, tiny, mini, miniature
- legitimacylegal, validity, legitimate, lawfulness, lawful
- sensationstaste, touch, smell, sound, pain
tolerableintolerable
Impossible to bear
unbearable · unendurable · insufferable · insupportable · unsupportable
tolerableunacceptable
Not meeting required standards
inadmissible · impermissible · objectionable · distasteful · offensive
intolerable, tolerably, intolerably, intolerability, tolerability