Allow synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
To grant consent or leave to (someone); authorize:
(Intransitive) To consider or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
To cause or allow to get by an obstacle, obstruction, etc.
To give (what is requested, as permission, etc.); assent to; agree to fulfill
To consent or comply passively or without protest:
approve of
To permit an action
give permission
To permit an action
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Let is defined as to allow, to give the use of or leave someone or something.
prohibit (antonym)
To prevent; preclude:
To grant as by favour; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
be permissive
To permit an action
To declare to be in need of psychiatric treatment or confinement.
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To bear up under; endure
Enable is defined as to make something possible.
To bear, or put up with (someone or something not especially liked)
allow (related)
The definition of allow means to permit or to give permission.
To entitle is defined as to give someone legal rights, a legal claim or official permission.
Permission is defined as giving consent or authority or allowing someone to do something.
To permit an action
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To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
To comply with the wishes or ideas of (another) in order to keep that person satisfied or unaware of criticism; indulge:
have no objection
To permit an action
To distribute by lot or in arbitrary shares; apportion
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To admit to be true or as stated; confess
Addison
grant permission
To permit an action
(Archaic) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest.
give leave
To permit an action
be favorable to
To permit an action
To give way to argument, persuasion, influence, or entreaty.
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To give birth to
To grant a military commission to.
put no obstacles in the way of
To permit an action
(Telephony) (of a call) To hang up.
be indulgent of
To permit an action
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To do a service or favor for:
To give power or authority to; empower; commission
(Idiomatic) to comply with something, even if reluctantly; to accept or tolerate.
OK is defined as to approve.
To let stay or cause to be in a certain condition
give one leeway
To permit an action
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To acknowledge the legal standing of (a government, state, etc.) by some formal action, as by entering into diplomatic relations
To include in an estimate
To condescend is to talk to someone in a way that makes it clear you believe that you are better and smarter.
(--- Informal) To get the better of, especially by trickery or deception:
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To sanction officially; authorize.
To give assent, as to the proposal of another; agree:
To acknowledge or claim (oneself) to be
To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
be able (related)
encourage (related)
To sanction is for a recognized authority to give approval to something.
consent to
To permit an action
The definition of favor is to show preferential treatment and to act like you like someone better than others.
(R.C.Ch.) A partial or complete remission, under conditions specified by the Church, of divine temporal punishment that may otherwise still be due for sin committed but forgiven
hold (antonym)
To keep from departing or getting away:
To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
To put up with; tolerate:
give the green light
To permit an action
give the go-ahead
To permit an action
To permit an action
give the reins to
To permit an action
give free rein to
To permit an action
grin-and-bear-it
To endure a difficult or disagreeable situation with good humour.
leave the door open to
To permit an action
give one one's head
To permit an action
not blink an eye
To permit an action
not bat an eye; give carte blanche
To permit an action
give a free hand
To permit an action
open the floodgates
To permit an action
To acknowledge or admit (defeat).
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
To furnish the means of support
To void or annul a judicial decision, order, and so on, usually on a motion to set aside by the party that is affected detrimentally and based upon some irregularity in the original proceeding.
To take away (a part from a whole)
To take away a desirable part:
make allowance
To include in an estimate
give an allowance for
To include in an estimate
raise assessment
To include in an estimate
forbid (antonym)
To command to stay away from; exclude or bar from
(US) Acting with confidence.
Being in compliance with the law; lawful:
Characterized by freedom of personal behavior or a disregard of traditional social mores.
Of, or having the nature of, a stipend
Allowance means a given advantage.
(Uncountable) Permission.
Gain from employment or position; payment received for work; salary, wages, fees, etc.
Compensation for services that do not have a predetermined value.
The amount of use, service, or benefit one gets or can get from something
A daily allowable limit for expendables
Something regarded or claimed as an exclusive right by virtue of one's social position or rank:
solatium
Compensation or damages, esp. for injury to the feelings
That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.
To be able to hold (something applied or inserted):
To show consideration for:
To postpone the induction of (one eligible for the military draft).
Deign is defined as to lower one's self to do or say something, and to do so with a high sense of one's own superiority.
To pay or receive the present value of (a bill of exchange, promissory note, etc.), minus a deduction to cover interest for the purchaser
Endure is defined as to put up with or to undergo.
(Rare) To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.
To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
refuse (antonym)
To decline to accept or submit to (a command, etc.); decline to undergo
reject (antonym)
To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of:
protest (antonym)
To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
disapprove (antonym)
To have or express an unfavorable opinion of; consider (something) wrong; condemn
resist (antonym)
Resist is defined as to fend off, oppose or work against.
withstand (antonym)
To resist or endure (something) successfully.
keep (antonym)
To raise:
To give out as a task; allot
To set aside or distribute as a share
(Gaming, slang) To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled pwn.
Fess up is defined as to confess to something, take responsibility for something or tell the truth about something.
collect (related)
To call for and obtain payment of:
affirm (related)
To declare support for or belief in:
knowledge (related)
(Obsolete) To confess as true; to acknowledge. [13th-17th c.]
To take into account when making plans.
require (related)
allows (related)
able (related)
restrict (related)
need (related)
expect (related)
To give credit to:
The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.
let things take their course
To permit an action
give one rope
To permit an action
give one line
To permit an action
open the door to
To permit an action
give at lower rates
To include in an estimate
Synonym Study
- Suffer , now somewhat rare in this sense, is closely synonymous with allow and may connote passive consent or reluctant tolerance
- Let may imply positive consent but more often stresses the offering of no opposition or resistance, sometimes connoting negligence, lack of power, etc. don't let this happen again
- Allow and permit imply power or authority to give or deny consent, allow connoting a refraining from the enforcement of usual requirements honor students were allowed to miss the examinations, and permit more positively suggesting formal consent or authorization she was permitted to talk to the prisoner
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