thole
2 synonyms for thole, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To bear something patiently, put up with it, or tolerate it.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Etymology
Traces back through Middle English thōle, from tholen, tholien, to Old English þolian, from Proto-West Germanic *þolēn, from Proto-Germanic *þulāną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to bear, suffer; to support”); compare Norwegian Bokmål tåle.
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