Passive
Passive adjective - Receiving or enduring without offering resistance.
Usage example: the union rank and file were surprisingly passive about the givebacks in the new labor contract
Tolerating and passive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tolerating" instead an adjective "Passive".
Tolerating
Tolerating adjective - Receiving or enduring without offering resistance.
Usage example: old pictures of a graciously tolerating father letting his young children climb all over him
Passive and tolerating are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Passive" instead an adjective "Tolerating".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- docile and passive
- docile and tolerating
- tolerant and passive
- tolerant and tolerating
- amenable and passive
- amenable and tolerating
- compliant and passive
- compliant and tolerating
- acquiescent and passive
- acquiescent and tolerating
- submissive and passive
- submissive and tolerating
- obedient and passive
- obedient and tolerating
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