accepting

ac-cept-ing · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Willing to tolerate differences or consider new ideas; open-minded.

  2. 2.

    Readily agreeing to what happens or what others do.

Related words

Antonyms: intolerant, judgmental, rejecting
See also: accept, acceptance, open-minded, tolerant
Synonyms: open-minded, receptive, tolerant, welcoming

Etymology

Present participle of accept, from Latin acceptare ("to receive willingly"), frequentative of accipere ("to receive"), from ad- ("to") + capere ("to take").