overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

intolerance.

The state of being intolerant.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/UK/ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/US/ɪnˈtɔl.ə.ɹəns/Australia
  1. The state of being intolerant.

    uncountable
    Religious intolerance is a serious problem in Brazil.
  2. Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.

    countable
    lactose intolerance
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French intolérance, itself from in- (“not”) + tolérance or borrowed from Latin intolerantia (“insolence, insufferableness; (very rare) intolerance”). By surface analysis, in- + tolerance.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

intolerance has 11 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

intolerance studiointolerance workshello, intolerance

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.