bitchy, hard, tough; herculean, strenuous, rugged; onerous, burdensome, backbreaking, uphill; fatiguing, tiring, wearying, wearisome, wearing, taxing, enervating, draining, exhausting; troublesome, irksome. token, n. 1. symbol, representation, sign, emblem, Archaic, recognizance, badge; indication, mark, augury, manifestation, expression, evidence, testimony, proof, indicia.
2. memento, souvenir, keepsake, reminder, remembrance, memorial.
-adj. 3. symbolic, representative, emblematic.
4. perfunctory, superficial, hasty, heedless, thoughtless, without thought or concern; indifferent, impassive, apathetic, unenthusiastic; minimal, slight, small, little. tolerable, adj. 1. endurable, sufferable, brookable, supportable, acceptable, Obs. Rare, abidable; permissible, allowable; experienceable.
2. mediocre, middling, average, so-so, ordinary, indifferent, run-of-the-mill, garden-variety, household; second-rate, secondary, inferior; adequate, satisfactory, respectable; passable, innocuous, decent; pretty good, not too bad, good enough. tolerance, n. 1. freedom from bigotry, lack of prejudice, liberal spirit, democratic spirit, dispassion, open-mindedness, receptivity; mercy, lenity, indulgence, clemency, quarter; benevolence, charity, good will, philanthropy, altruism, kindliness, brotherly love, benignity, humanity, fellow feeling, sympathy, bonhomie.
2. endurance, toleration, sufferance, forbearance, sustainment, abidingness; patience, stoicism, resignation, resignedness, acceptance; long-suffering, longanimity. tolerant, adj. unprejudiced, unbigoted, liberal, un-dogmatic, broad-minded, open-minded, catholic, lati-tudinarian; level-headed, imperturable, dispassionate, moderate, philosophical; merciful, lenient, indulgent, accepting, clement; benevolent, humanitarian, humane, large-hearted, magnanimous, sympathetic, charitable, kindly, considerate, altruistic, philanthropic; patient, forbearing, abiding, enduring, long-suffering, uncomplaining; meek, soft, gentle, submissive, easy-going, complaisant. tolerate, v. 1. permit, admit, allow, countenance; recognize, accord, oblige, gratify, indulge; sanction, concede, warrant, vouchsafe, approve; favor, give quarter, show mercy, spare the vanquished; disregard, overlook, condone, ignore, wink at; be lax, be lenient, hold a loose rein, give carte blanche to, Inf. keep hands off.
2. endure, take, suffer, bear; take patiently, brook, submit to, abide, stand, withstand, put up with; swallow, digest, stomach, pocket; make the best of, carry on, keep one's countenance, put a good face on, grin and bear it.
3. Med. (of drugs) withstand, endure, resist the action of. toleration, n. 1. forbearance, sufferance, endurance; allowance, permission, concession, license, franchise, enfranchisement; clemency, lenity, lenience, quarter; laxity, freedom, tolerance, independence, liberty; scope, play, range, rope, latitute, free rein, free stage; laissez faire.
2. open-mindedness, liberality, liberalism, catholicity; impartiality, disinterest, absence of prejudice, freedom from bigotry; magnanimity, largeness of mind, high-mindedness; benevolence, mercy, compassion, altruism, fellow feeling; philanthropy, humanitarianism, humaneness, humanity, good will; benignity, brotherly love, bonhomie, milk of human kindness; generosity, consideration, considerateness.