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memento, keepsake, reminder, remembrance, Archaic remembrancer:<br />

<strong>The</strong> miniature Statue <strong>of</strong> Liberty and Eiffel Tower are tokens <strong>of</strong><br />

our trips abroad.<br />

--adj. 4 symbolic, emblematic, representative: <strong>The</strong> panel was<br />

made up <strong>of</strong> three men and a token woman. 5 superficial,<br />

cosmetic, surface, perfunctory, minimal, slight, nominal: We<br />

encountered only token resistance when taking over the<br />

communications centre.<br />

tolerable adj. 1 bearable, supportable, allowable, endurable, acceptable,<br />

sufferable: <strong>The</strong> heat and humidity are barely tolerable. 2<br />

acceptable, unexceptional, common, fair, common-or-garden<br />

variety, middling, ordinary, average, so so, mediocre, adequate,<br />

run-<strong>of</strong>-the-mill, passable, indifferent, Colloq OK or okay, not<br />

(too) bad, pretty or fairly good: <strong>The</strong>y serve a tolerable lunch<br />

in the hotel bar.<br />

tolerance n. 1 open-mindedness, toleration, forbearance,<br />

broad-mindedness, permissiveness, magnanimity, indulgence,<br />

sufferance, patience, freedom from bigotry or prejudice: You<br />

must exercise more tolerance in dealing with people who are<br />

poorer than you. 2 play, clearance, allowance, variation: <strong>The</strong><br />

tolerance between these parts is less than a ten-thousandth <strong>of</strong> a<br />

millimetre. 3 toleration, resistance, endurance, imperviousness;<br />

immunity, insensitivity: His tolerance <strong>of</strong> the outrages <strong>of</strong><br />

stupidity seems limitless. She has a low tolerance for sugar.<br />

tolerant adj. open-minded, objective, forbearing, unprejudiced,<br />

unbigoted, dispassionate, broad-minded, indulgent, magnanimous,<br />

patient, generous, charitable, catholic, latitudinarian,<br />

permissive, liberal, big-hearted, fair, even-handed,<br />

considerate: I am more tolerant <strong>of</strong> people than <strong>of</strong> their ideas.<br />

tolerate v. 1 stand (for), allow, permit, bear, suffer, brook,<br />

countenance, abide, admit, indulge, concede, sanction, swallow,<br />

stomach, turn a blind eye to, Colloq put up with, Brit stick:<br />

<strong>The</strong> teacher refused to tolerate any more misbehaviour. 2 bear,<br />

stand, submit to, endure, weather, take, accept, undergo: Tests<br />

show that the product can tolerate considerable wear and tear.<br />

toll° v. 1 ring, peal, chime, strike, sound: <strong>The</strong> clock tower bell<br />

tolled three.

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